Penny Gore presents music and arts news, including Tchaikovsky's
Overture: The Storm played by the Philharmonia, conductor Lovro von
Matacic; Monteverdi's Laetatus
Sum; and Walton's Crown Imperial conducted by Andre Previn.

With Peter Hobday , featuring Mozart string quartets and vintage performances by pianist Marcelle Meyer.
Gershwin An American in Paris
New York Philharmonic, conductor Michael Tilson Thomas
9.20 Couperln Les Barricades Mystérieuses; Les Fauvettes Plaintives; Le Tic-Toc Choc
Marcelle Meyer (piano)
9.29 Mozart String Quartet in C, K465 Talich Quartet
9.59 Rameau L'Enharmonique; L'Egyptienne; La Dauphine Marcelle Meyer (piano)
10.08 Milhaud La Création du Monde
French National Orchestra, conductor Leonard Bernstein
Producer Tony Cheevers

Simon Rattle
Born in Liverpool, Simon Rattle grew up in a musical family. His father was a talented jazz pianist with his own band, and, thanks to his librarian sister's encouragement, the young Rattle was soon bringing home scores of works such as Messiaen's
Turangalfla Symphony and Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring. Producer Johannah Smith

Five Music Critics
With Donald Macleod.
1: Eduard Hanslick was the world's first professional music critic, a man of strongly held views whose writing could wound or even destroy a reputation. He was a particular champion of Brahms and defended the classical ideal of abstract music in the war of the romantics against Wagner, Liszt and Strauss. Music includes excerpts from:
Strauss, arr Hasenbhrl Till Eulenspiegel Einmal Anders Lahti Chamber Ensemble
Brahms Symphony No 1 in C minor Berlin Philharmonic, conductor Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Wagner Gotterdammerung Vienna Philharmonic , conductor Georg Solti
Bruckner Symphony No 8 in C minor Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor Eliahu Inbal
Tchaikovsky Symphony No 6 in B minor (Pathetique)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, conductor Claudio Abbado
Producer Andrew Lyle
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(1873-1916)
Admired by Bartok, Schoenberg and Hindemith, Reger was among the most influential of early-20th-century composers. At the same time, his music was firmly rooted in a tradition that stretched from Bach to Brahms.
Misha Donat presents a week of programmes of music by this still much-maligned figure. A Ballet Suite
BBC National Orchestra of Wales, conductor Lionel Friend
Cello Suite, Op 131c No 2 (Praeludium) Peter Wispelwey
Duets, Op Ilia (excerpts) Juliane Banse (soprano),
Brigitte Fassbaender (mezzo), Cord Garben (piano)
Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Beethoven
BBC National Orchestra of Wales, conductor Lionel Friend
Producer Andrew Lyle

From the Wigmore Hall, London.
The weekly international piano series ends with a rare British recital by Emanuel Ax.
Haydn Sonata in A flat, H XVI 43
Corigliano Fantasia on an Ostinato
Debussy Estampes; L 'Isle Joyeuse
Producer Nigel Wilkinson. Rptd Saturday 1pm

BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Continuing the Glazunov symphony cycle.
Conductors Tadaaki Otaka ,
Stefan Asbury and Ion Marin, Kurt Nikkanen (violin)
Glazunov Symphony No 6 in C minor Stravinsky Violin Concerto
Tchaikovsky Symphony No 6 in B minor (Pathetique)

Robert Lloyd looks at how opera has changed in the last thirty years and how this has affected the great opera theatres of the world, including the Metropolitan Opera, Paris Opera, La Scala , Milan, and Covent Garden.

Musical Endings
This is the last week for Music
Machine. To mark the occasion,
Tommy Pearson and Verity Sharp look at musical endings. Today,
Tommy Pearson finds out how eras from the Baroque to punk rock came to an end and asks if an end is not really just another beginning. Producer Verity Sharp

With Sean Rafferty , including
Debussy's Jeux before the 6.00 news, and at about 6.40 music for viola by Brahms.

BBC Philharmonic
A concert given last month in Warwick Arts Centre, including the first performance of a work by Peter Maxwell Davies.
Conductors Peter Maxwell Davies and Rumon Gamba , Kathryn Stott (piano) Maxwell Davies Orkney Wedding with Sunrise
Beethoven Piano Concerto No 4 in G
Maxwell Davies Sails in St Magnus III (first performance)
Tchaikovsky Symphony No 2 in C minor (Little Russian)

Rereading Auden
Twenty-five years after his death, WH Auden is regarded by many as the greatest English poet of the century. In the light of new research, five poets and critics make selections from Auden's poetry and offer a personal reinterpretation of his work. Repeat

lain Burnside presents a specially recorded recital given by soprano
Inger Dam-Jensen with pianist Roger Vignoles , who perform songs by two German songwriters who died 50 years ago.
Strauss Standchen ; Meinem Kinde; Hat Gesagt - Bleibt Nicht Dabei ; Mein Auge ; Schlagende Herzen ; Amor; Ich WollV ein Strausslein
Binden; Sausle, Liebe Myrthe ; Als mit Dein Lied Erklang
Pfitzner Mir Glanzen die Augen; Ich Furcht ' Nit Gespenster;
Du Milchjunger Knabe ; Singt Mein
Schatz wie ein Fink; Tretet Ein , Hoher Krieger ; Wie Glanzt der Helle Mond Producer Adam Gatehouse
Repeated tomorrow 4pm

Mark Russell and Robert Sandall present an all-CD edition. Producer Ekene Akalawu

Alyn Shipton presents Dave Gelly 's jazz news, Lars Westin on his recent Swedish Jazz Festival, and a profile of pianist John Colliani. Producer Terry Carter
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lain Burnside looks at the public and private faces of Schubert.
Die Forelle; Piano Quintet in A, D667 (Trout) (4th mvt); Allegretto in C minor, D915; Allegro in A minor, D947 (Lebenssturme); Fierrabras (excerpts); Nachthelle Repeated from last Monday

With Donald Macleod.
1.00 Cherubini Quartet, Paul Meyer (clarinet)
Mozart Clarinet Quintet in A, K581 Schubert String Quartet in G, D887
2.35 Tchaikovsky The Seasons Juhani Lagerspetz (piano)
3.20 Bach Brandenburg Concerto No 4 in G Vancouver RSO, conductor Mario Bernardi
3.35 Debussy Etudes (Book 1) Roger Woodward (piano)
3.55 Nielsen Flute Concerto
Petri Alanko , Finnish RSO, conductor Jukka-Pekka Saraste
4.15 Brahms Ach, Wende Diesen
Blick, Op 57 No 4; Von Ewiger Liebe , Op 43 No 1; Immer Leiser Wird Mein Schlummer, Op 105 No 2; Wie Bist Du, Meine Konigin , Op 32 No 9 Urszula Kryger (mezzo),
Katarzyna Jankowska (piano)
4.35 Albert Moeschinger Wind Quintet on Swiss Folk Songs
Members of La Strimpellata CO, Bern
5.00 Mozart Clarinet Concerto in A, K622 Mate Bekavac, Slovenian RSO, conductor Anton Nanut
5.30 Sibelius Sonatina, Op 67 No 3 Eero Heinonen (piano)