With Edward Seckerson.

6.25 Brahms Violin Sonata No 2 in A, Op 100 - Pamela Frank, Peter Serkin (piano)

7.02 Borodin Scherzo (Les Vendredis) - Dante Quartet

7.40 Bax The Garden of Fand - Halle Orchestra, conductor John Barbirolli

8.40 Liszt Piano Concerto No 1 in E flat - Martha Argerich, London Symphony Orchestra, conductor Claudio Abbado

With Andrew McGregor, who introduces some of the month's newest releases.

William Mival reviews new recordings of symphonies by Bruckner and Mahler.

10.00 Conductor Paul Daniel discusses his recordings of Walton's orchestral music.

Radio 3 Disc of the Week: Korngold Piano Quintet - Kjell Lysell and Ulf Forsberg (violins), Nils-Erik Sparf (viola), Mats Lidstrom (cello), Bengt Forsberg (piano)

11.00 Building a Library
David Owen Norris recommends a version of Dvorak's Symphony No 9 in E minor (From the New World).

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Michael Berkeley's guest this week is the Australian-born poet Peter Porter, whose 70th birthday has just been celebrated with the publication of a new edition of his collected works. Also a distinguished music critic, Peter Porter chooses music by Josquin Desprez, Bach, Schubert, Britten and Stravinsky, and one of Richard Strauss's rarely heard operas.

(Repeated tomorrow 6.30pm)

Stephanie Hughes introduces a programme of piano trios from the Wigmore Hall's continuing season of chamber music recitals.
Takacs Trio

Haydn Piano Trio in G, H XV 25 (Gypsy Rondo)

Beethoven Piano Trio in B flat, Op 97 (Archduke)

(Repeated from Monday)

Humphrey Carpenter presents a weekly selection of music requested by listeners. This week's requested recordings include:

Allegri Miserere Mei - A Sei Voci, conductor Bernard Fabre-Garrus

John Field Nocturne No 9 in E flat - John O'Conor (piano)

Vaughan Williams The Lark Ascending - Sarah Chang (violin), London Philharmonic, conductor Bernard Haitink

Michael White picks some highlights from Radio 3's schedule over the last week.

To celebrate the centenary of Duke Ellington's birth, Geoffrey Smith plays a selection of listeners' favourite tracks by this celebrated composer and band leader, whose recorded output spans five decades of classic jazz and features an all-star roster of musicians including Cootie Williams, Johnny Hodges, Ben Webster, Charles Mingus and John Coltrane.

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Russell Davies presents a 52-part history of jazz, from its earliest stirrings to the end of the millennium.

The so-called Jazz Age more or less ended with the Wall Street Crash of 1929 and the onset of economic depression. Coinciding with the deaths of iconic pioneering musicians like Pinetop Smith, Bix Beiderbecke and Bubby Miley, it created a sense of loss which was echoed by a feeling that twenties chordal progressions were all played out.

(Repeated Friday 11.30pm)

A performance of Gluck's revolutionary opera, given in March in the Olivier Messiaen Concert in Paris, the city where it was first heard in 1779. Iphigenie changed the course of opera: out went stylised musical forms and cardboard cutout characters, in came vivid action and emotions.

Based on Euripides's play, the story takes place during the Trojan War and follows the fate of priestess Iphigenia (daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra), her brother Orestes and his friend Pylades, all under threat of death from Thoas, a barbaric tyrant, in Tauris, in the land of the Scythians.

Les Musiciens du Louvre Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Marc Minkowski Producer John Thornley

John Drummond concludes his series surveying the state of opera in Britain since 1945 by reflecting on the achievements of British opera companies over the past 50 years and looking at their future prospects. With contributions from key figures of the opera world, including Sir Claus Moser and Sir John Tooley and critics Andrew Porter and Rodney Milnes.

Penny Gore introduces a recital which the young Viennese pianist Till Fellner gave in 1996 in the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London.

Mozart Rondo in A minor, K511; Sonata in B flat, K333; Variations in G on "Unser Dummer Pobel Meint", K455

Mendelssohn Variations Serieuses

Reubke Sonata in B flat

(Repeat)

Mark Russell and Robert Sandall present a unique mix of musical styles and influences.

Tonight, Jazz on 3 begins a series of monthly sessions featuring the best music being made on the UK jazz scene. Following the success of his drummer-less quartet which produced the bestselling Angel Song album, trumpeter Kenny Wheeler continues his exploration of unusual instrumental combinations in the company of two other equally innovative players - guitarist John Parricelli and flautist/saxophonist Stan Sulzmann. Released from the restraints of a rhythm section, each instrument takes chances with melody, rhythm and form, producing music that is fluid and diverse. There is also a preview of saxophonist Steve Coleman's new album, plus the second in the series of tributes to Duke Ellington, and Jez Nelson 's monthly roundup of new releases.

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With Donald Macleod.

1.00 Stuttgart Philharmonic, conductor Jorg-Peter Weigle, Ewa Kupiec (piano) -

Paderewski Fantaisie Polonaise, Op 19

Chopin Piano Concerto No 2 in F minor

Beethoven Symphony No 3 in E flat (Eroica)

2.55 Mozart String Quartet in B flat, K458 (Hunt) - Virtuoso Quartet

3.20 Bruhns Ich Liege und Schlaffe - Greta de Reyghere (soprano), James Bowman (countertenor), Guy de Mey (tenor), Max van Egmond (bass), Ricercar Consort

3.50 Bartok The Miraculous Mandarin - Hungarian State Orchestra, conductor Aldo Ceccato

4.05 Rautavaara Three Sonnets by Shakespeare - Taru Valjakka (soprano), Jari Salmela (piano)

4.15 Klami Piano Concerto No 1 (A Night in Montmartre) - Ralf Gothoni, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor Kari Tikka

4.35 Tchaikovsky Swan Lake - Slovenian Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor Marko Munih

5.00 Buxtehude Psalm 98: Singet dern Herrn - Irena Baar (soprano), Tomaz Lorenz (violin), Maks Strmcnik (organ)

5.20 Schubert Scherzo in B flat, D593 No 1 - Halina Radvilaite (piano)

5.25 Schubert Incidental music: Rosamunde (excerpts) - Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor Jukka-Pekka Saraste