With Edward Seckerson.
6.00 Sibelius Night Ride and Sunrise Philharmonia Orchestra, conductor Simon Rattle
6.30 Rachmaninov Suite No 1, Op 5 (Fantaisie-Tableaux) Howard Shelley and Hilary MacNamara (pianos)
7.00 Bach Harpsichord Concerto in E, BWV1053
Robert Woolley , Purcell Quartet
7.30 Komgold Fairy Tale Pictures, Op 3 BBC Philharmonic, conductor Matthias Bamert
8.00 Sullivan Overture: Ruddigore Philharmonia Orchestra, conductor Charles Mackerras
8.45 Ravel La Valse
Paris Orchestra, conductor Daniel Barenboim
Producer Edwina Wolstencroft

With Andrew McGregor , who introduces some new releases.
Stephen Johnson reviews new discs of chamber music by Beethoven, Brahms, Prokofiev and Ravel.
10.00 An interview with countertenor
Andreas Scholl.
Radio 3 Disc of the Week:
Tchaikovsky Souvenir de Florence,
Op 70 Norwegian Chamber Orchestra, conductor lona Brown
11.00 Building a Library
William Mival recommends a version of Mozart's Piano Quartets in G minor, K478 and in E flat, K493. Producers Clive Portbury and Andrew Lyle WEBSITE: www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/cdreview E-MAIL: [address removed]
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Michael Berkeley talks to art critic Brian Sewell , whose trenchant columns in the London Evening Standard have often aroused controversy. His eclectic choice of music ranges from Olivier Messiaen playing his own Transports de Joie from L 'Ascension on the organ of La Trinite in Paris, where the composer was organist for many years, to arias from Bellini's Norma and Verdi's
Rigoletto, the Coronation Scene from Musorgsky's Boris Godunov , songs by Purcell, Schubert and Richard Strauss , and the closing scene from Wagner's Lohengrin.
Executive producer Wendy Thompson Repeated tomorrow 6.30pm

The Wigmore Hall series of chamber music concerts continues with a recital by the Artis Quartet of Vienna. Introduced by Stephanie Hughes. Mozart String Quartet in C, K157
Schubert String Quartet in D minor, D810 (Death and the Maiden) Repeated from Monday

With Humphrey Carpenter. This week's choices include:
Respighi Metamorphoseon Philharmonia Orchestra, conductor Geoffrey Simon
Stanford Songs of the Fleet Benjamin Luxon (baritone),
Bournemouth Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Normar Del Mar Godowsky Studies on Chopin Etudes: No 25 in A flat
Ian Hobson (piano) Producer Verity Sharp
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Bernard MacLaverty picks some highlights from Radio 3's schedule over the last week. Producer Dolly MacLeod

With Geoffrey Smith. Producer Felix Carey
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SOUNDING THE CENTURY

Russell Davies presents a history of jazz. 21: The Jazz Singer Flourishes If the 20th century is the jazz century, it is also the century of popular song, and the two traditions necessarily shared some territory.
The thirties marked the start of Ella
Fitzgerald's recording career, and was a time when the incomparable
Billie Holiday was producing some of her finest work.
Producer Phil Speight
Repeated Friday 11.30pm

Poulenc's powerful opera
The Carmelites, direct from the London Coliseum. In revolutionary France, a group of Carmelite nuns battle with their consciences in the face of blind terror. The story focuses on the timid novice Blanche, who comes to triumph over her fear. In the chilling final scene, each nun goes to the guillotine singing the Salve Regina. This new production for the Poulenc centenary is conducted by the ENO's music director
Paul Daniel and marks the ENO debut of director Phyllida Lloyd.
Introduced by Fiona Talkington.
English National Opera Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Paul Daniel
Actl
7.30 Paul Daniel and Phyllida Lloyd discuss tonight's production with Fiona Talkington.
7.50 Act 2
8.35 The Nun's Tale
Jeremy Sams unravels the background to Poulenc's opera in conversation with Rodney Milnes.
8.55 Act 3

Steve Jones presents the series exploring the boundary between science and art with another programme about science in fiction.
Beryl Bainbridge 's novel The Birthday Boys is her version of Scott's expedition to the South Pole in 1912. Steve Jones talks to her about why she was inspired by this scientific expedition and hears from those who follow in Scott's footsteps today. Producer Deborah Cohen
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Conductor Peter Maxwell Davies
Param Vir Horse Tooth White Rock
(BBC commission)

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

On the 30th anniversary of the formation of Dreams, Randy Brecker talks about the band that gave birth to the hugely popular Brecker Brothers. Tonight's concert features Steve
Swallow performing at Ronnie Scott 's in March. Swallow took up the double bass at 18 and six years later won a Downbeat critics' poll as a new star of bass playing. In the late sixties, he played with Gary Burton 's quartet and at the beginning of the seventies gave up the double bass in favour of the bass guitar, developing his own style using a pick and a new fingering system. Since then he has worked with Mike Gibbs , and he is a long-time member of Carla Bley 's various bands. He is also a prolific composer for small bands, and some of his music is featured tonight. Appearing with him are Chris Potter (tenor sax), Barry Ries (trumpet), Mike Goodrick (guitar) and Adam Nussbaum (drums). Producer Steve Shepherd

With Susan Sharpe.
1.00 Apt for Both Viols and Voyce. A concert from the 1998 York Early Music Festival given by Emma Kirkby
(soprano) and the Rose Consort of Viols featuring music Lassus,
Dowland, Byrd, Arcadelt, Vecchi and Gibbons.
1.55 Bruckner Symphony No 7 in E Saarbriicken Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor
Stanislaw Skrowaczewski
3.05 Chopin Piano Sonata No 3 in B minor, Op 58 Cristina Ortiz (piano)
3.35 Berio Folk Songs Jean Stilwell
(mezzo), Canadian Chamber Ensemble, conductor Raffi Armenian
4.00 Dvorak Violin Concerto in A minor, Op 53 Igor Ozim ,
Slovenian Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor Samo Hubad
4.30 Kodaly HaryJanos (excerpts) Toronto Symphony Orchestra, conductor Andrew Davis
4.45 Pieter Hellendaal Sonata , Op 5 No 5 Jaap ter Linden (cello), Ton Koopman (harpsichord),
Ageet Zweistra (cello continuo)
5.00 Handel Water Music Suite No 2 in D CBC Vancouver Orchestra, conductor Mario Bernardi
5.15 Mozart Violin Concerto No 4 in D,
K218 Frank Peter Zimmermann ,
Nethertands Radio Philharmonic, conductor Guido Ajmone Marsan
5.40 Francesco Durante Concerto
No 5 in A Concerto Koln
5.50 Bach Prelude and Fugue in A, BWV543 David MacDonald (organ)