With Humphrey Carpenter, including Gabrieli Sonata No 18 - Gabrieli Consort, director Paul McCreesh

6.30 Rachmaninov Hymn to the Cherubim (Liturgy of St John Chrysostom) - St Petersburg Chamber Choir, conductor Nikolai Korniev

7.15 Beethoven Piano Trio in B flat, Op 11 - Vienna Trio

8.35 Korngold The Snowman (Act 1) - BBC Philharmonic, conductor Matthias Bamert

Chabrier Danse Slave (Le Roi malgre lui) - French National Orchestra, conductor Armin Jordan

9.08 Mozart Andante and Variations in G, K501 - Louis Lortie and Helene Mercier (piano duet)

9.15 Strauss Wiegenlied - Jessye Norman (soprano), Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, conductor Kurt Masur

9.21 Schubert Minuet and Finale in F, D72 - Vienna Wind Soloists

9.32 Debussy Marche Ecossaise sur un Theme Populaire - Ulster Orchestra, conductor Yan Pascal Tortelier

9.39 Dowland Lachrimae Antiquae - Fretwork, Christopher Wilson (lute)

9.43 Ireland Sea Fever - Thomas Allen (baritone), Roger Vignoles (piano)

9.46 Bax Tintagel - Ulster Orchestra, conductor Bryden Thomson

10.01 Amy Beach Mazurka - Joseph Silverstein (violin), Virginia Eskin (piano)

10.04 Brahms Intermezzo in A, Op 118 No 2 - Radu Lupu (piano)

10.11 Quantz Flute Concerto in G - Wolfgang Schulz, Vienna CO, conductor Philippe Entremont

10.27 Rodgers and Hart Manhattan - Dawn Upshaw (soprano), Fred Hersch (piano)

10.30 Mozart Divertimento in D, K251 (1st mvt) - Vienna Berlin Ensemble

10.38 Rossini, transcr Liszt La Pastorella dell'Alpi; Li Marinari (Soirees Musicales) - Leslie Howard (piano)

10.49 Berlioz Roman Carnival Overture - LSO, conductor Andre Previn

Joan Bakewell talks to the soprano who has been at the forefront of the early-music scene for over 20 years.

(Revised repeat)

Chris de Souza talks to Julia Peyton-Jones, director of the Serpentine Gallery, about why we find challenging visual art so much more acceptable than its sonic counterpart. In an opera-rich Proms season, he looks at the process of transferring opera productions to the stage of the Royal Albert Hall. And William Mival responds to the colourful allure of sound itself.

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Andras Schiff (piano)

A rare chance to hear the complete second book of Bach's 48 Preludes and Fugues performed last week in the Usher Hall, Edinburgh, by one of the world's great pianists. Introduced by Kirsteen McCue.

Dance music by Haydn played by Ensemble Bella Musica of Vienna.

The recorded legacy of great singers of our century. Peter Jonas introduces recordings by mezzo Ann Murray.

Wells's biographer Michael Foot, science fiction writer Brian Aldiss and critic Peter Kemp discuss how science meets society in his writing.

Anthony Burton introduces works first performed in 1923.

Bartok Dance Suite - BBC Philharmonic, conductor Rumon Gamba

Stravinsky Les Noces - Anny Mory (soprano), Patricia Parker (mezzo), John Mitchinson (tenor), Paul Hudson (bass), Martha Argerich, Krystian Zimerman, Cyprien Katsaris and Homero Francesch (pianos), English Bach Festival Chorus and Percussion Ensemble, conductor Leonard Bernstein

Varese Hyperprism - Ensemble Intercontemporain, conductor Pierre Boulez

Kodaly Psalmus Hungaricus - Tamas Daroczy (tenor), Hungarian Children's Choir, Hungarian Radio and Television Choir, Budapest Festival Orchestra, conductor Georg Solti

The familiar image of Bach is that of a great but modest church musician going about his work for the love of God, in humble acceptance of the lack of appreciation shown by those around him. But, as Michael Oliver discovers, he was also a tough operator who could be fiercely defensive of his job and status, and who was not averse to a bit of shrewd political manoeuvring to get what he wanted. With contributions from Bach scholars and performers
Andrew Parrott , John Butt and Robin Leaver. Producer Lindsay Kemp

Tonight at the Royal Albert Hall , a pinnacle of western music and one of the most original music dramas of any age. Bach's St Matthew Passion is a moving account of the events leading up to the Crucifixion and interweaves the narration of Christ's mission and his political fate with mankind's response in a sequence of impassioned and meditative arias and chorales.
Sybilla Rubens (soprano), Andreas Scholl (countertenor), Werner Gura (tenor), Dietrich Henschel (bass),
Chorus and Orchestra of the Ghent
Collegium Vocale/Philippe Herreweghe Bach St Matthew Passion (Part 1)
7.50 The Conductor Talks
Anthony Burton talks to Philippe Herreweghe.
8.10 St Matthew Passion (Part 2)
* Ian Bostridge 's Kind of Day: pl22

By Michael Hastings
with John Sessions as John Reith, Keeley Hawes as Muriel, Samuel West as Charlie Bowser and Tracy Wiles as Maysie.

The triangular relationship between the future founder of the BBC, his fiancee Muriel and his best friend Charlie.
John Reith's personal life was turbulent and full of contradictions. Yet these paradoxes would soon fuel the trajectory of the world's greatest broadcasting corporation.

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Songs from a Country Called Spain Jan Fairley presents six selections of Spanish folk music. 4: Andalucia Repeat

Music by Rameau and Marin Marais performed by Spectre de la Rose.

In the second of eight nocturnal sequences, French composers bid a musical adieu to the day.

With Donald Macleod.

1.00 Beethoven Missa Solemnis - Ursula Furi-Berbhard (soprano), Cornelia Kallisch (mezzo), Rodrigo Orrego (tenor), Cornelius Hauptmann (bass), North German Radio Chorus and Orchestra/Tadeusz Strugala

2.30 Handel Music for the Royal Fireworks - Collegium Aureum

2.55 Chedevllle Sonata for Two Flutes (L'Allemande) - Vladislav Brunner and Juraj Brunner (flutes)

3.10 Szervanszky Clarinet Serenade - Bela Kovacs, Hungarian Radio Orchestra, conductor Adam Medveczky

3.30 Kuula The Son of the Slave - Suomen Laula Choir, Finnish RSO, conductor Jussi Jalas

4.00 Chopin 12 Etudes, Op 10 - William Aide (piano)

4.30 Hendrik Andriessen Miroir de Peine - Roberta Alexander (soprano), Netherlands RCO/David Porcelijn

4.40 Corelli Violin Sonata in A, Op 5 No 6 - Pierre Pitzl, Augusta Campagne (harpsichord), Marie-Jean Bolli (viola da gamba)

5.05 Ponchielli Capriccio - Wan-Soo Mok (oboe), Hyun-Soo Chi (piano)

5.25 Mozart Symphony No 25 in G minor, K183 - CBC Vancouver Orchestra/Mario Bernardi

5.50 CPE Bach flute Sonata in G (Hamburg Sonata) - Wilbert Hazelzet, Andreas Staier (fortepiano)