Music, news and the latest from the arts world with Petroc Trelawny, including a preview of New Music 98 in Manchester. Music this morning includes Beethoven's Moonlight
Sonata, Op 27 No 2 played by pianist Alfred Brendel at 6.05, Faure's
Cantique de Jean Racine after the
7.00 news, and at 8.05 Strauss's
Morgen, sung by Kiri Te Kanawa.

With Peter Hobday.
Bax Northern Ballad No 1
London Philharmonic, conductor Adrian Boult
9.12 Brahms Four Pieces, Op 119 Julius Katchen (piano) 9.27 Monteverdi Confitebor tibi,
Domine Emma Kirkby (soprano), Ian Partridge (tenor), Parley of Instruments, directors Roy Goodman and Peter Holman
9.36 Vaughan Williams Norfolk Rhapsody No 1
London Philharmonic, conductor Bryden Thomson
9.50 Britten Canticle No 5: The
Death of St Narcissus
Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor), Sioned Williams (harp)
10.00 A Scarlatti Sinfonia di
Concerto Grosso No 10 in A minor
William Bennett (flute), I Musici
10.09 Janacek Lachian Dances
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor Ondrej Lenard

Vladimir Ashkenazy
Vladimir Ashkenazy recently celebrated his 60th birthday. A man who believes that music is more important than food and drink, he talks to Joan Bakewell about his future career and reveals his favourite recording from his huge discography.

Patronage
With Donald Macleod. The relationship between Wagner and his eccentric patron King Ludwig II of Bavaria was one of the most extraordinary in the history of music. The king worshipped Wagner like a god and accepted his advice on political as well as cultural matters - much to the horror of his government ministers. Including excerpts from: Beethoven Symphony No 9 in D minor (Choral)
Soloists, Schutz Choir ,
London Classical Players, conductor Roger Norrington Wagner Albumblatt
Cyprien Katsaris (piano)
Wagner Lohengrin Berlin PO, conductor Herbert von Karajan Wagner Tristan und Isolde
Soloists, Dresden Staatskapelle, conductor Carlos Kleiber

With Misha Donat.
Der Freischutz (Overture; Act 2)
Mary Shelley wrote, "The music is wild but often beautiful. When the magic bullets are cast they fill the stage with all sort of horrors - owls flapping their wings, toads jumping about, ghostly hunters in the clouds - while every now and again comes a crashing discord."
Leipzig Radio Chorus,
Dresden Staatskapelle, conductor Carlos Kleiber
Repeated next Friday 12 midnight

In the first of a series of lunchtime concerts from Belfast, John Toal introduces the Coull Quartet in a performance from the Waterfront Hall. Elgar String Quartet in E minor. Op 83 Beethoven String Quartet in B flat, Op 18 No 6

The Voice of Alvar Lidell. Announcer and newsreader Alvar Lidell became the sound of the BBC. relaying to the country many of the main events of the mid-20th century. Later in his career, he lent his voice to a wide range of musical activities, performing the speaking parts in Schoenberg's A Survivor from
Warsaw and Tavener's The Whale.
Lidell's nephew Roderic Dunnett recalls his uncle's unique career. Producer Peter Tanner

Repeated from yesterday 10pm

John Sessions discusses another contrasting pair of operatic moments with a guest from the world of opera and gets to grips with why one works and the other does not.

From the foyer of the Bridgewater Hall in Manchester. Sean Rafferty joins the festivities to launch New Music 98.
Guests include Sir Peter Maxwell
Davies, pianists Peter Donohoe and Joanna MacGregor , and the world's finest scrap instrumentalists Urban Strawberry Lunch. Plus music by Purcell, Mozart and Copland.

The opening concert of New Music 98, a nine-day festival in Manchester.
Peter Donohoe (piano), BBC Philharmonic, conductor Peter Maxwell Davies
Ruggles Angels
Jan Rokus van Roosendaal Windows
Ravel Piano Concerto for the Left Hand
8.10 The ISCM at 75
Lynne Walker assesses the significance of the International Society for
Contemporary Music's role in the evolution of the music of our century.
8.30 Maxwell Davies Worldes Blis

Boxing Clever
The last of five conversations about the state of British television. Today's guest is Adam Singer , the chairman of Flextech, Britain's second largest cable and satellite programmer.
Flextech have recently entered into a joint venture with BBC Worldwide.

Verity Sharp presents recent British chamber works from the Nash
Ensemble's concert series Distant
Voices Fractured Lives.
Richard Causton Nottumo (first performance)
Peter Paul Nash Leaving without Trace
Simon Bainbridge Four Primo Levi
Settings Simon Holt All Fall Down Producer Philip Tagney

Much has been said about the African and European strains in jazz, but the American Indian element, although pervasive, has largely been ignored. In this three-part series, Ian Carr looks at the work of musicians with Indian blood in their heritage and assesses the importance of their contributions to the music. In the first programme, he concentrates on trombonist Kid Ory. saxophonist
Frankie Trumbauer , trumpeter Bubber Miley and composer Duke Ellington. Repeated from Saturday 4.30pm

When James II was ousted by William of Orange in 1688, he spent some of his exile with his Catholic sympathisers in Italy. His return and attempt to reclaim the British throne provides the background for just one of Alessandro Scarlatti 's several hundred cantatas.
D Scarlatti Sonata in F, Kk6
Ton Koopmann (harpsichord)
A Scarlatti Gia Lusingato Appieno Christine Brandes (soprano). Arcadian Academy, director Nicholas McGegan
D Scarlatti Sonatas in D, Kk414;
Kk415
Andreas Staier (harpsichord) A Scarlatti Dixit Dominus II
Nancy Argenta (soprano), Ashley Stafford (alto), Stephen Varcoe
(bass), English Concert and Choir, director Trevor Pinnock
D Scarlatti Sonata in D minor, Kkl41 Sergio Assad , Odair Assad (guitars) Repeated from last Friday

With Donald Macleod.

1.00 Monteverdi Il Ritorno d'Ulisse in Patria - Concerto Vocale, director Rene Jacobs

4.10 Mendelssohn Organ Sonata No 6 in D minor, Op 65 No 6 - Martti Miettinen

5.30 Gershwin Catfish Row (Porgy and Bess) - William Tritt (piano), Hamilton Philharmonic, conductor Boris Brott

5.00 Monteverdi Magnificat (tone 2) - Soloists, Choir and historic instruments of Swiss Radio, Lugano, director Diego Fasolis

5.10 Schumann Cello Concerto in A minor - Milos Mlejnic , Slovenian Philharmonic, conductor Uros Lajovic

5.40 Chana Ka Nin Four Seasons Suite - Ottawa Winds, conductor Michael Goodwin