With
Peter Hobday Telemann Concerto in E minor for
Flute and Recorder
Patrick Beuckels (flute), Frederic de Roos (recorder), Ricercar Consort
9.14 Schumann Piano Trio No 2 in F, Op 80 Beaux Arts Trio
9.41 Schubert Prometheus
Matthias Gorne (baritone), Andreas Haefliger (piano)
9.46 Malcolm Arnold English Dances (Set 1)
Queensland Symphony Orchestra, conductor Andrew Penny Discs

With Mark Rowlinson.
Rawsthorne Overture: Street Comer
Pro Arte Orchestra, conducted by the Composer
10.06 Bax Tintagel
London Symphony Orchestra, conductor John Barbirolli
10.32 Artist of the Week:
Jascha Heifetz (violin)
Dohnanyl Serenade in C, Op 10 William Primrose (viola),
Emmanuel Feuermann (cello)
10.43 Masterprize:
Stephen Hartke Ascent of the Equestrian in a Balloon
BBC Philharmonic, conductor Philip Ellis
10.54 Tallis Spem in Alium Taverner Consort and Choir, conductor Andrew Parrott
11.18 Wagner, arr Owen Prelude: Tristan und Isolde
Marple Brass Band, conductor Gary Cutt
11.24 Salnt-Saens Havanaise
Jascha Heifetz (violin),
RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra, conductor William Steinberg
11.34 Debussy La Mer
San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, conductor Michael Tilson Thomas

Piers Burton-Page presents a week of programmes in celebration of Goehr's 65th birthday, with contributions from the composer himself. 2: Millennial Visions
Three Pieces from "Arden Must Die",
Op 21a Royal Northern College of Music Wind Band, conductor Timothy Reynish
Behold the Sun
Jeanine Thomas (soprano), London
Sinfonietta, conductor Oliver Knussen Sinfonia London Sinfonietta, conductor Oliver Knussen
Repeated next Tuesday 11.30pm

Stravinsky Plus
Chris de Souza introduces songs and piano music by Igor Stravinsky and his son Souleima.
Catherine King (mezzo), Wayne Marshall (piano)
Igor Stravinsky La Novice, Op 6 No 1; Three Tales for Children
Souleima Stravinsky Pavana and Variations
Igor Stravinsky Cat's Cradle Songs; As I Was Saying (The Rake's Progress) Soulelma Stravinsky Piccolo Divertimento; Les Valses
Igor Stravinsky The Owl and the Pussycat; Three Songs from William Shakespeare Repeat

BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Conductor Mark Wigglesworth , Stephen Hough (piano)
Wagner Suite: Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg Mozart Symphony No 39 in E flat, K543
Brahms Piano Concerto No 2 in B flat

In Praise of Heine
Repeated from yesterday 10pm

The Big Divide
Classical musicians rarely become idolised like pop stars, though a few have tried. Vanessa Mae 's image is that of a wannabe violinist, but does it really, really wash with the audience? Tommy Pearson finds out about her career, fans, lifestyle and attitude.

Did Britten like the blues? On the eve of a new production of Paul Bunyan , Sean Rafferty discovers the ballads behind this spectacular opera. Tim Waterstone chooses the CD he would like for Christmas.
And the music this evening includes Yehudi Menuhin performing Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto in E minor.

From the Queen's Hall, Edinburgh.

The Brindisi Quartet brings together two Parisian masterpieces and magical miniatures by two distinguished visitors to Paris - Stravinsky and Copland, whose youthful tribute to Gabriel Faure already sounds like the music of America.

Stravinsky Concertino

Faure String Quartet in E minor, Op 121

8.25 Brilliant Creatures
The fourth of six interval features about women who were great patrons of the arts this century.
Gertrude and Leo Stein created a fabulous salon in the Rue Fleurus, supported Picasso, and offered an example to other would-be patrons of the arts. Yet when she came to write her Autobiography of Alice B Toklas, Gertrude claimed most of the credit for these achievements. Brenda Wineapple, author of a new book on the Steins, explains why. Reader Joanna Tope.

8.45 Copland Rondino on the Name of Gabriel Faure

Ravel String Quartet in F

Young Screenwriters - Hollywood In the Nineties
This week Christopher Cook talks to four of Hollywood's most successful young screenwriters. In the first programme, he meets Paul Rudnick , the writer of Sister Act, Addams
Family Values and Jeffrey.

Conductor Peter Maxwell Davies ,
Yuri Torchinsky (violin)
Maxwell Davies Sails in St Magnus I; A Spell for Green Com

Robert Frost believed that "poetry is what gets lost in translation". Yet it is only through translation that writing can break out of the ghettos of language. Richard Coles discusses the problem of translating style as well as sense with Tim Parks , author of a new book on the subject. The New Yorker's Bill Buford performs a different kind of cultural translation in his weekly letter from New York. And the meaning of Ben Jonson 's earthy comedy
Bartholomew Fair is considered as a new production opens in Stratford. Producer Rob Ketteridge

2: You're the Top
The early 1930s saw Cole Porter at the peak of his powers, with a series of memorable scores written for stars of Broadway and the West End, including Anything Goes with Ethel Merman and Nymph Errant with Gertrude Lawrence. Paul Guinery tells the story behind the songs. Repeated from last Tuesday

With Richard Niles. Tonight the BBC Big Band are directed by New York-based pianist and arranger Michael Abene , with guest drummer Danny Gottlieb.

With Donald Macleod.
1.00 Beethoven Symphony No 5 in C minor; Symphony No 6 in F (Pastoral) Sinfonia Varsovia/Yehudi Menuhin
2.15 AVE Chamber Choir
Mendelssohn Three Psalms, Op 78 Verdi Pater Noster Hoist Ave Maria
Sven-David Sandstrom En Ny Himmel Och en Ny Jord
3.00 Raphael Wallfisch (cello), Peter Wallfisch (piano)
Schumann Five Pieces in Folk Style Bridge Cello Sonata in D minor
3.40 Operatic Concert from Cesky Krumlov Castle Collegium Musicum Universitatis Carolina/Frantisek
Havlin, Hedvika Tvrda and Dagmar Vankatova (sopranos), Vladimir
Dolezal (tenor), Roman Vocel (baritone). Excerpts from operas by Pollarolo,
Galuppi, Scarlatti, Paisiello and Salieri
5.00 Sequence