With Peter Hobday. featuring Schumann symphonies and recordings by the Berlin Philharmonic.
Schumann Manfred Overture
Berlin Philharmonic conductor Wilhelm Furtwangler
9.15 Brahms Waltzes , Op 39
Michel Beroff and Jean-Philippe Collard (piano duet)
9.33 Britten Cello Sonata
Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), the Composer (piano)
9.54 Schumann Symphony No 1 in B flat (Spring) London Philharmonic, conductor Kurt Masur
Producer Tony Cheevers

With Joan Bakewell. Richard Bonynge 's conducting career began in 1962 when, at the last minute and with no formal training, he stood in for a sick colleague. But even before the big break, he was already making his mark on the musical world as vocal coach to his wife, Joan Sutherland.
Today, he talks to Joan Bakewell about his earliest days as a young pianist in Australia and reveals why he gave up the piano to concentrate on the world of opera. Producer Kerry Chapman

With Peggy Reynolds. Oscar Wilde 's style, his clothes and his epigrams made him the high priest of aesthetic doctrine, but his amusing plays also had their serious side, and Wilde's life-lived-as-art eventually led to his being condemned by society - he was prosecuted for gross indecency and sentenced to two years' hard labour. With excerpts from: Mozart The Magic Flute
London Classical Players, conductor Roger Norrington Sullivan Patience
Pro Arte Orchestra. conductor Malcolm Sargent
Vaughan Williams A Sea Symphony BBC Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Andrew Davis
Benjamin An Ideal Husband National Philharmonic, conductor Bernard Hermann Producer Tony Sellors

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With Misha Donat. On 12 April 1826, Weber wrote to his wife, "Through God's grace and help I have this evening had such a complete success as perhaps never before.
The thrill and emotion of such a complete and unqualified triumph can hardly be described." Oberon (excerpts)
Berlin Radio Chorus, German Symphony Orchestra, conductor Marek Janowski Repeat

I Stephanie Hughes introduces a Schubert programme which continues the Wigmore Hall series of chamber music concerts. Hausmusik London, Ronald Brautigam (piano)
Schubert Notturno in E flat, D897; Piano Quintet in A, D667 (Trout) Producer Adam Gatehouse Repeated Saturday lpm

BBC Symphony Orchestra Conductor Andrew Davis ,
BBC Symphony Chorus, Pascal Roge (piano)
Berlioz Overture: Benvenuto Cellini
Dukas La Péri
Saint-Saens Piano Concerto No 2 in G minor
Ravel Ballet: Daphnis and Chloe

Graeme Kay continues his exploration of the mechanics of opera with a look at the supernatural, what it adds to opera and how composers bring it to life. Producer Gautam Rangarajan

Humphrey Carpenter with guests and news from the world of music.
Including Sibelius's tone poem The Oceanides and, at about 5.40,
Borodin's unfinished Symphony No 3 realised by Glazunov.

A concert continuing the Endless Parade series celebrating postwar British music. Robert Saxton talks about his teacher Elisabeth Lutyens. Julian Anderson has written a threnody to a young friend. Benedict Mason 's musical survey of lighthouses reflects his interest in film-making. BBC Symphony Orchestra, conductor Matthias Bamert ,
Nicole Tibbels (soprano), Jozic Koc (baritone)
Saxton In the Beginning Lutyens Quincunx
Julian Anderson The Crazed Moon
Benedict Mason Lighthouses of England and Wales

Between Moving Air and Moving Ocean
Poet Thorn Gunn , now approaching 70. talks to writer James Campbell , with readings of his poetry. Gunn left England for San Francisco 45 years ago. In the first of this week's five programmes, he talks about the development of his technique since he made his name with his first collections in the fifties. Producer Sara Davies

Violin Sonata in B flat, K454
Isaac Stern. Yefim Bronfman (piano)

Memory lain Burnside explores four centuries of songs linked by the theme of memory.
Producer Tony Sellors
Repeated tomorrow 4pm

Part autobiography, part theology and philosophy, Leon Wieseltier 's
Kaddish is a remarkable account of a year spent grieving after the death of his father. During this time, he performed daily the ancient Jewish prayer Kaddish and also studied its history. He talks to Richard Coles. And in the week of the Scottish elections, Night Waves commissions a series of letters to the new
Parliament, inviting writers to reflect on their cultural concerns and wishes. Producer Lawrence Pollard

Alyn Shipton talks to pianist Julian Joseph about his trio with Adam Salkeld (guitar) and Orlando Le Fleming (bass). The group's first broadcast performance comes from St George's. Brandon Hill , Bristol. Producer Terry Carter

With Donald Macleod.
12.05am Brahms Academic Festival
Overture Estonian RSO, conductor Peeter Lilje
12.25 Gesualdo Ave Dulcissima Maria
Monteverdi Choir. conductor John Eliot Gardiner
12.30 Respighi Feste Romane BBC Philharmonic, conductor Vassily Sinaisky
1.00 Beethoven Bagatelles , Op 126 Brahms Ballade in B, Op 10 No 4 Lars Vogt (piano)
1.55 Schubert Symphony No 1 in D Saarbrucken RSO, conductor Marcello Viotti
2.25 Shostakovich Cello Sonata, Op 40
Desmond Hoebig. Andrew Tunis (piano)
2.50 Strauss Intermezzo (Traumerei am Kamin) Toronto Symphony Orchestra, conductor Andrew Davis
Schools
3.00 Music Box 3.15 Something to Think About 3.30 The Song Tree
3.45 Stories and Rhymes 4.00 Tales from Europe 4.15 Music for Dance
4.30 Kokkonen Lintujen Tuonela
Taru Valjakka (soprano), Finnish RSO, conductor Okko Kamu
4.45 Devienne Bassoon Sonata in F, Op 24 No 3 Andris Arnicans , Ventis Zilberts (piano)
5.00 CPE Bach Flute Sonata in G, Wql33 Wilbert Hazelzet ,
Andreas Staier (fortepiano)
5.10 Beethoven Variations on "La Ci
Darem la Mano Aiva Zauberga (flute), Vilnis Pelnens (oboe), Uldis Urbans (cor anglais)
5.25 Massenet Vision Fugitive (Herodiade) Gaetan Laperriere (baritone), Three Rivers SO, conductor Gilles Bellemare
5.30 Strauss Suite: Der
Rosenkavalier Spanish RSO. conductor Sergiu Comissiona
5.50 Lutoslawski Paganini Variations Anna Klas and Bruno Lukk (pianos)