With Humphrey Carpenter , including Stanford Te Deum Laudamus in B flat
Leeds Philharmonic Chorus, BBC Philharmonic, conductor Richard Hickox
7.30 Bach Cantata No 46: Schauet
Doch und Sehet
René Jacobs (alto), Kurt Equiluz
(tenor), Hans-Friedrich Kunz (bass), Hanover Boys' Choir,
Leonhardt Consort , director Gustav Leonhardt
8.00 Mendelssohn Sextet in D, Op 110 Music Group of Manchester
8.45 Bach Trio Sonata in G, BWV530
Christopher Herrick (organ)

The Woman's Hour presenter takes over from Brian Kay for four weeks.
Rossini Overture: The Thieving Magpie Chamber Orchestra of Europe, conductor Claudio Abbado
9.11 Ravel Jeux d'Eau
Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano)
9.19 Mozart Vorrei Spiegarvi, Oh Dio, K418 Sumi Jo (soprano),
English Chamber Orchestra, conductor Kenneth Montgomery
9.25 Dvorak Bagatelles, Op 47 The Lindsays
9.31 Mendelssohn Wind Overture in B flat, Op 24 Consortium Classicum
9.41 Monteverdi Zefiro Torna
Ian Partridge and Nigel Rogers (tenors), ensemble, conductor Jürgen Jürgens
9.47 Sarasate Carmen Fantasy Gil Shaham (violin),
Rohan de Silva (piano)
9.59 Morton Gould Guaracha (Latin American Symphonette) Morton Gould Orchestra, conducted by the Composer
10.03 Bononcini Sinfonia No 10 in D
Michael Laird and Don Smithers
(trumpets), Academy of St Martin in the Fields, conductor Neville Marriner
10.12 Hoist Jupiter (The Planets) David Nettle and Richard Markham
(pianos)
10.19 Bartok Romanian Folk Dances
Chicago SO, conductor Georg Solti
10.26 Mozart Exsultate, Jubilate
Emma Kirkby (soprano),
Academy of Ancient Music, director Christopher Hogwood
10.40 Messager Solo de Concours Michael Collins (clarinet), Kathryn Stott (piano)
10.46 Johann Strauss (son) Waltz: Tales from the Vienna Woods
Vienna Johann Strauss Orchestra, conductor Willi Boskovsky Producer Edwina Wolstencroft

Thomas Allen
Joan Bakewell talks to singer Thomas Allen. Revised repeat

Beyond the Dome. With the help of astronomer Jacqueline Mitton, Chris de Souza examines the power of music to embody our deepest thoughts and beliefs. Roderick Swanston compares composers' attitudes towards the unknown region. Plus a response to the Proms lecture from Gerald Kaufman MP.

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Wolfgang Holzmair (baritone), Imogen Cooper (piano)
Nicola Heywood Thomas introduces a recital of songs by Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven, including An die Feme Geliebte.

Conductor Tadaaki Otaka , Cecile Ousset (piano)
Alun Hoddinott Lanterne des Morts
Faure Pavane
Saint-Saens Piano Concerto No 2 in G minor
Brahms Symphony No 4 in E minor
SOUNDING THE CENTURY

Great singers of our century. Dancer and choreographer Mark Morris shares his enthusiasm for Swiss tenor Hugues Cuenod , with music by Dowland, Gounod and Satie. Producer Mark Rowiinson
SOUNDING THE CENTURY

One hundred great 20th-century works of art. 32: This week's
Centurion is Konstantin Stanislavsky , co-founder of the Moscow Art
Theatre and director of the Chekhov play The Three Sisters, which equates worldly success with loss of soul while presenting a convincing picture of Russian middle-class life at the end of the 19th century. Producer Anne Bristow
SOUNDING THE CENTURY

Natalie Wheen goes in search of what else was new and exciting in the year of The Rite of Spring - 1913. Elgar Falstaff (Dream Interlude)
New SO, conducted by the Composer Butterworth A Shropshire Lad
BBCPO, conductor Rumon Gamba
Falla La Vida Breve (Act 2, excerpts) Victoria de los Angeles (soprano), Orfeon Donostiarra , Spanish NO, conductor Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos Webem Six Pieces for Orchestra, Op 6 Berlin PO, conductor Pierre Boulez Berg Altenberg Lieder Nos 1 and 2 Margaret Price (soprano), LSO, conductor Claudio Abbado
Schoenberg The Wild Hunt of the Summer Wind (Gurrelieder)
Barbara Sukowa (reciter), Vienna PO, conductor Claudio Abbado
Debussy Jeux Cleveland Orchestra, conductor Pierre Boulez
Producer Edward Blakeman

Shostakovich composed much of his music during the repressive rule of Stalin. Is it important to be aware of the political and historical background to his work, or does the music speak for itself? Stephen Johnson consults Solomon Volkov, editor of Testimony, the composer's memoirs; composer Gerard McBurney; cellist and author Elizabeth Wilson; and musicologists David Fanning, Allan Ho and Dmitri Feofanov. Reader Christopher Scott.

Repeated from yesterday 12 noon

Tonight at the Royal Albert Hall , one of the country's liveliest chamber orchestras. Vibrant symphonies by Mozart and Beethoven frame two successful new works recently premiered by the CLS. Catherine Wyn-Rogers (mezzo), Michael Chance (countertenor),
Nicholas Daniel (cor anglais/oboe), City of London Sinfonia, conductor Richard Hickox
Mozart Symphony No 25 in G minor, K183
Diana Burrell Dunkelhvide Manestraler
8.20 The Face Unmasked
Christopher Cook talks to author and neurophysiologist Jonathan Cole about his exploration of facelessness.
8.40 Tavener The Hidden Face
Beethoven Symphony No 2 in D Repeated Wednesday 2pm

Ronald Frame's new play creates an alternative past for Charles Dickens 's character from Great Expectations, Miss Catherine Havisham. with Michael Perceval-Maxwell , Joanna Tope. Emma Currie , Noreen Leighton and Gregor Powrie. Director Patrick Rayner

Songs from a Country Called Spain Jan Fairley presents six selections of Spanish folk music. 3: Catalunya Repeat

Conductor Stefan Asbury Robert Keeley Symphony Stravinsky Ode

In the first of eight nocturnal sequences, songs of the night are performed by the Songmakers' Almanac and pianist Graham Johnson , interwoven with chamber music for the dark hours.
Producer Kate Bolton

With Susan Sharpe.
1.00 Liszt Piano Concerto No 2 in A Sviatoslav Richter, Hungarian State Orchestra/Janos Ferencsik
1.25 Liszt Coronation Mass Etelka Csavlek (soprano), Marta Lukin (alto), Boldizsar Keonch (tenor), Matthias Church Choir, Budapest Chorus, Hungarian RO/Istvan Lantos
2.15 Schubert String Quartet in D minor, D810 (Death and the Maiden) Tartini Quartet
2.55 Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto in D Jela Spitkova, Bratislava RSO, conductor Ondrej Lenard
3.35 Rameau Pieces de Clavecin (Book 2) Annamari Polho (harpsichord)
3.55 Beethoven Symphony No 6 in F (Pastoral) Santa Cecilia Virtuosi, director Salvatore Accardo
4.40 Liszt Paraphrase on Bellini's "I Puritani" Endre Hegedus (piano)
5.05 Bach Sonata in D, BWV1028 Bojan Cvetreznik (viola), Benjamin Govze (piano)
5.20 Mozart Clarinet Concerto in A, K622 Mate Bekavac, Slovenian RSO, conductor Anton Nanut
5.50 Liszt Paraphrase on "God Save the Queen" Laszlo Baranyay (piano)