With Andrew McGregor , including Bach, transcr Hall Sonata in A minor, BWV1003
Nicola Hall (guitar)
6.24 Handel Harp Concerto in B fiat, Op 4 No 6
Marisa Robles , Academy of St Martin in the Fields, conductor Ion Brown
7.05 Sibelius Pohjola 's Daughter Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, conductor Neeme Jarvi
7.32 Mozart Violin Concerto No 3 in G, K216
Mayumi Fujikawa , Royal Philharmonic, conductor Walter Weller
8.05 Vaughan Williams , arr Greaves Fantasia on "Greensleeves
Academy of St Martin in the Fields, conductor Neville Marriner
8.45 Rossini, arr Godfrey Ballet music: William Tell
Halle Orchestra , conductor John Barbirolli

With Penny Gore.

Bach Italian Concerto in F, BWV971 - Christophe Rousset (harpsichord)

9.13 Bloch Baal Shem - Joshua Bell (violin), Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, conductor David Zinman

9.29 Schubert, arr Liszt Standchen; Rastlose Liebe - John Bingham (piano)

9.34 Strauss Suite in B flat - Wind Soloists of the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, conductor Heinz Holliger

(Discs)

With Stephanie Hughes. Barber Souvenirs
Ulster Orchestra, conductor Adrian Leaper
10.21 Elgar Serenade in E minor Anthony Goldstone and Caroline Clemmow (piano duet)
10.32 Artist of the Week:
Palladian Ensemble
Matteis Sett of Ayres in F
10.39 Koechlin Seven Stars'
Symphony (2nd mvt: Lilian Harvey ; 3rd mvt: Greta Garbo )
German Symphony Orchestra, conductor James Judd
10.46 Ireland Three Songs Bryn Terfel (baritone),
Malcolm Martineau (piano)
10.54 Benjamin Lees Concerto for Chamber Orchestra
Ulster Orchestra, conductor Adrian Leaper
11.16 Kenneth Leighton Serenade in C Kenneth Smith (flute), Paul Rhodes (piano)
11.30 Howard Hanson Symphony No 5 Ulster Orchestra, conductor Adrian Leaper
11.47 Gershwin Cuban Overture
Eastman-Rochester Orchestra, conductor Howard Hanson

In Vienna in 1871, Clementi and Mozart had to spend Christmas Eve amusing the Emperor and his guests with a contest of keyboard skills.
Presented by David Byers in conversation with Malcolm Binns.
Reader Anthony Finigan.
Piano Sonata in G minor, Op 34 No 2 Vladimir Horowitz
Symphony No 1 in C minor Philharmonia, conductor Francesco d'Avalos
Repeated next Tuesday 11.30pm

Haydn Plus
Another chance to hear eight concerts given last year in St
George's, Brandon Hill , Bristol, based around the chamber works of Haydn. Introduced by Chris de Souza. Jamie MacDougall (tenor),
Joachim Trio: Rebecca Hirsch (violin), Caroline Dearnley (cello), John Lenehan (piano)
Haydn Piano Trio in C minor, H XV 21; Rve Scottish Folk Songs
Martinu Piano Trio No 2 Repeat

BBC Philharmonic
Mozart Overture: The Marriage of Figaro
Conductor Gunther Herbig
Brahms Piano Concerto No 2 in B flat
Conductor George Hurst , Martin Roscoe (piano)
Dvorak The Water Goblin
Conductor Vasili Sinaisky
Beethoven Symphony No 6 in F (Pastoral)
Conductor Gunther Herbig
Dvorak Slavonic Dance in B, Op 72 No
Conductor Vasili Sinaisky

Wigmore Hall International Song Competition
Natalie Wheen introduces highlights from this competition, which took place last Saturday in London. The judges include Peter Schreier , Dame Margaret Price and Graham Johnson. Repeated from yesterday 10pm

Tommy Pearson explores some of the many ways in which musical instruments are used across different cultures of the world.
2: Bagpipes Repeat
Next programme Thursday 4.45pm

Bach, Oscar Peterson , Sviatoslav Richter and Jessye Norman all feature in Sean Rafferty 's music selection of the day with a special performance of Bernstein's Prelude, Fugue and Riffs at 6pm, featuring Benny Goodman and Bernstein himself. Studio guest is composer
Gavin Bryars whose new work A Man in a Room, Gambling receives its world premiere in London this week. Rafferty also compares the classical top ten with the top-selling classics in New York.

From the Assembly Hall, Belfast, introduced by Stephanie Hughes.
Vega Quintet , Hugh Tinney (piano) Barber Summer Music
Schubert Klavierstuck in E flat minor,
D946 No 1
Françalx Wind Quintet No 1
8.15 The Irish Worker
By Hugo Hamilton , read by Mark Lambert.
After a gale, roof slates are down all along the street. Cultures collide as the German mother at No 2 is driven to check up on the undoubtedly feckless Irish roof-mender. Repeat
8.35 Schubert Klavierstucke , D946: No 2 in E flat; No 3 in C
Beethoven Quintet in E flat for Piano and Wind, Op 16

The Landscapes of Man
A five-part series examining the history of thinking about landscape. 2: The Narrative Landscape
An exploration of how man makes his mark on the ground in pursuit of all manner of ends: from self-glorification in the famous
Renaissance gardens of Rome to gaining a profound understanding of nature in the work of artist Andy Goldsworthy. Repeat

Conductor Peter Maxwell Davies ,
Lucy Shelton (piano)
Maxwell Davies In Nomine No 7; Revelation and Fall

The arts after dark: reviews and features straight from the stalls.
Tonight Richard Coles reports on the opening of English National Opera's new production of The Flying
Dutchman and asks what stormy waters lie ahead for Paul Daniel as he becomes musical director.
And Bill Buford , literary and fiction editor of the New Yorker, delivers the first in a series of reports for Night Waves on cultural life across the Atlantic - from cooking dinner for
Don DeLillo to doing a deal on your own corpse.
Producer Matthew Dodd

In each programme this week,
Humphrey Burton takes a different opera by Verdi and looks at it from the point of view of a different practitioner in the opera world.
Today he talks to composer Julian Philips about Verdi's first
Shakespearean opera, Macbeth, and introduces excerpts from it starring
Sherill Milnes and Fiorenza Cossotto. Repeated from last Tuesday

Digby Fairweather introduces a two-part session from Belgian guitarist
Fapy Lafertin and Le Jazz recorded at the Hull Jazz Festival.

With Donald Macleod.

1.00 Swedish RSO/Leif Segerstam, Lisa Viguier (harp) Karl-Birger Blomdahl Symphonic Dances
Glnastera Harp Concerto Bruckner Symphony No 1 in C minor

2.50 Hanover Boys' Choir, Musica Alta Ripa/Heinz Henning. Music by Jakob Wickmann, Albinoni, Georg Muffat, Buxtehude, JS and JC Bach and Mendelssohn

4.05 Hummel Piano Trios: No 1 in E flat, Op 12; No 2 in F, Op 22; No 4 in G, Op 65 Amsterdam Baroque Trio

5.00 Sequence