With Humphrey Carpenter.
7.03 Korngold, orch Zemlinsky The Snowman (excerpts) BBC Philharmonic. conductor Matthias Bamert
7.26 Liszt, after Meyerbeer Les
Patineurs (Illustrations du "Prophete Leslie Howard (piano)
8.23 Strauss, arr Prihoda
Der Rosenkavalier (Waltzes) Gil Shaham (violin),
Akira Euguchi (piano)

Mendelssohn Overture: The Hebrides (Fingal's Cave) - London Symphony Orchestra, conductor Claudio Abbado

9.14 Trad A Virgin Most Pure

Billings Methinks I See a Heav'nly Host

- Boston Schola Cantorum, Boston Camerata, conductor Joel Cohen

9.20 Bach Concerto in D minor for Two Violins, BWV1043 - Christian Ferras (violin), Bath Festival Orchestra, director Yehudi Menuhin (violin)

9.38 Composer of the Week: Saint-Saens
Two Choruses, Op 68 - Monteverdi Choir, conductor John Eliot Gardiner

9.45 Liszt Soirees de Vienne - Leslie Howard (piano)

9.53 Johann Strauss (son) Waltz: Wine, Women and Song - Vienna Strauss Orchestra, conductor Willi Boskovsky

10.00 Ten o'Clock Feature - Christmas Concertos

Manfredini Concerto Grosso in C minor, Op 3 No 12 (Per il Santissimo Natale)

CPE Bach Chamber Orchestra, conductor Hartmut Haenchen

10.09 Pavel Vejvanovsky Sonata Natalis - Academy of Ancient Music. conductor Christopher Hogwood

10.15 Strauss The Three Kings. Op 56 No 6 - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano), Berlin RSO, conductor George Szell

10.22 Vaughan Williams The Wasps (excerpts) - LPO, conductor Adrian Boult

10.39 Antonio Teixeira Te Deum (excerpts) - Soloists, the Sixteen Choir and Orchestra, conductor Harry Christophers

10.50 Victor Herbert Festival March - Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, conductor Erich Kunzel

A Christmas Selection
Joan Bakewell recalls memorable moments from the series. Revised repeal

From the ancient bells of Chinese civilisation to the modern American carillon, from early monastic bells to English change ringing in churches. bells have defined the social and religious atmosphere of a country.
This montage evokes the sense and sound of bell traditions around the world and shows how bells have been an important source of inspiration for composers, ranging from Musorgsky's Coronation Scene in Boris Godunov to Tan Dun 's
Symphony 1997. which was inspired by the discovery of a set of 2.400-year-old Chinese bells. Repeat

A recital recorded last month at the Bridgewater Hall, Manchester Alfred Brendel (piano)
Schubert Sonata in B. D575
Mozart Sonata in B flat, K570
Haydn Sonata in D. H XVI 42 Schubert Sonata in G. D894

Adrian Jack expands on A Series of Intervals in 12 programmes 1: The Common Chord Produce' Antony Pitts For details of music used in the series.
write to. The Harmonic Series, BBC Radio 3 Broadcasting House London. W1A 1AA Next programme 11.45pm

Naples City of Sirens.
Robert Hollingworth visits Naples to discover some of the hidden treasures of Neapolitan Baroque repertoire currently being unearthed at the Early Music Centre Opera buffa. sacred music and traditional Christmas pastorellas are performed by the distinctive Neapolitan voices of the Cappella della Pieta de' Turchini. Producer Kate Bolton

Corin Redgrave introduces recordings of music by Verdi Puccini , and Dalla made by tenor Luciano Pavarotti.

50: The Marx Brothers: Duck Soup Duck Soup failed to impress critics and audiences alike, but it remains the Marx Brothers' most satisfying and undiluted assault on the silver screen. With contributions from
Dick Vosburgh and David Thomson. Producer Mark Burman

Anthony Burton introduces music first performed in 1994

Thomas Ades ...But all shall be well - BBC SO, conductor Jan van Steen

Jonathan Harvey The Angels - Joyful Company of Singers, conductor Peter Broadbent

Judith Weir Blond Eckbert (Act 2, excerpts) - ENO Orchestra, conductor Sian Edwards

Ligeti Viola Sonata (excerpt) - Tabea Zimmermann

Kurtag Stele - Berlin Philharmonic, conductor Claudio Abbado

John Tavener Song for Athene - BBC Singers, conductor Simon Joly

Knussen Horn Concerto - Barry Tuckwell, London Sinfonietta, conducted by the Composer

From The Sir John Falstaff Goblet
Collection to the Complete Plays on CD-Rom, Shakespeare is aiive in multitudinous ways today. But in what state is the English national poet at the new millennium? Who creates Shakespeare in 1999? What does he mean as a dramatist at the Royal National theatre compared to the Globe theatre: why was he chosen as the hologram for our credit cards: and how much is he worth to the tourist trade, or to the actors, scholars and teachers who spend their lives with him? Peter Holland investigates our
Shakespeare and theirs, and yesterday's and tomorrow's. Producer Tim Dee
See Postscript tomorrow 9pm

Repeated from yesterday 12 noor

With Brian Kay. Handel Messiah
Hillevi Martinpelto (soprano). Robin Blaze (countertenor). John Mark Ainsley (tenor). John Tomlinson
(bass). BBC National Chorus and Orchestra of Wales. conductor Nicholas Kraemer Producer Tim Thorne

By David Pownall
Alessandro Stradella, though a musical genius, is banished by Pope Innocent XI for his notorious philandering. But it is only after he has crossed the Doge of Venice that he finds that his music may be the only thing between him and a violent death
(Repeat)

Benedicte Paviot introduces songs of work and begging, and religious chant that is not quite what it seems.

2: Adrian Jack gathers up clusters of notes.
Next programme tomorrow 3.50pm

Conductor Andrew Davis
Lutoslawski Chain 3: Mi-Parti:
Symphony No 3

With Donald Macleod.
1.00 Beethoven Symphony No 9 in D minor (Choral) Dorota Radomska
(soprano). Urszula Kryger (mezzo). Adam Zdunikowski (tenor), Piotr Nowacki (bass). National
Philharmonic Chorus. Polish National
Theatre Orchestra. Sinfonia Varsovia. conductor Jerzy Semkow
2.55 Elgar Enigma Variations Saarbrücken Radio Symphony Orchestra. conductor Stanislaw Skrowaczewski
3.30 Purcell Dido and Aeneas
Tafelmusik, director Jeanne Lamon
4.45 Britten Canadian Carnival
Edmonton SO. conductor Uri Mayer
5.40 Haydn Symphony No 22 in E flat (Philosopher) Amsterdam Bach Soloists, conductor Wim ten Have