With Edward Seckerson, who celebrates American Independence Day with a selection of music and musicians from the United States.

6.15 Bach, arr Stokowski Two Chorale Preludes - Philadelphia Orchestra, conductor Leopold Stokowski

6.30 Copland Suite: Appalachian Spring - Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

7.02 Ives Country Band March - New England Orchestra, conductor Kenneth Singleton

7.30 Barber Second Essay - St Louis Symphony Orchestra, conductor Leonard Slatkin

7.52 Gershwin Overture: Of Thee I Sing - New Princess Theater Orchestra, conductor John McGlinn

8.02 Sousa The Washington Post - Cleveland Symphonic Winds, conductor Frederick Fennell

8.06 Herbert Clarke Sounds from the Hudson - Wynton Marsalis (cornet), Eastman Wind Ensemble, conductor Donald Hunsberger

8.24 Mendelssohn Variations Serieuses, Op 54 - Murray Perahia (piano)

8.48 Liszt Mephisto Waltz No 1 - Chicago Symphony Orchestra, conductor Georg Solti

This week's programme visits Warwick Castle on the occasion of the Warwick and Leamington Festival. Joining Brian Kay and performing live are the Kintamami Saxophone Quartet and the Simon Mayor Trio. Music on disc includes:
Chadwick Jubilee (Symphonic Sketches) Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, conductor Erich Kunzel
Charpentier Joseph Est Bien Marie; 0 Nous Dites, Marie; Laissez Paitre Vos Betes; A la Venue de
Noel Raglan Baroque Players, conductor Nicholas Kraemer
Martinu Le Jazz Lubomir Panek Singers, Prague Symphony Orchestra, conductor Zbynek Vostrak Grainger Tribute to Foster
Monteverdi Choir, English Country
Gardiner Orchestra/John Eliot Gardiner Elgar Symphony No 3 in C minor
(Scherzo) BBC Symphony Orchestra, conductor Andrew Davis
Ives Variations on "America" New
York Philharmonic Orchestra/Kurt Masur Producer Fiona Shelmerdine
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Joan Bakewell meets pianist Malcolm Martineau.
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As a festival of Bangladeshi arts and culture opens in the UK, Ivan Hewett looks at the rich musical heritage of one of the world's poorest countries. Plus a preview of a new BBC2 television series which explores six great Masterworks of 20th-century British classical music.
Producer Jessica Isaacs
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Lazar Berman (piano)

Beethoven Sonata in C sharp minor, Op 27 No 2 (Moonlight)
Chopin Sonata No 2 in B flat minor, Op 35 (Funeral March)
Janacek Sonata 1 X1905 in E flat minor (From the Street)
Liszt Nuages Gris ; La Lugubre Gondola; Dante Sonata

Susan Bickley (soprano), conductor Richard Hickox
Rubbra Ode to the Queen See also Tuesday 10pm

10: The Graveyard of Conductors
In the final programme, Natalie Wheen examines the New York Philharmonic's tough reputation and presents music for the Fourth of July. Producer Alan Hall
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Theatre director Robert Wilson talks about Marlene Dietrich.
Producer Mark Rowlinson
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77: Pablo Picasso 's "Les Demoiselles d'Avignon". Historians and critics discuss a key picture by the century's most famous painter. Producer Matthew Dodd
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Andrew Burton introduces music first performed in 1967, including three major works commissioned for the 125th anniversary season of the New York Philharmonic.
Copland Inscape
New York Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Leonard Bernstein
Maxwell Davies Antechrist The Fires of London, conducted by the Composer Takemitsu November Steps
Katsuya Yokoyama (shakuhachi), Kinshi Tsuruta (biwa), Saito Kinen Orchestra, conductor Seji Ozawa Lennon/McCartney Strawberry Fields Forever The Beatles
Gerhard Symphony No 4 (New York) Tenerife Symphony Orchestra, conductor Victor Pablo Perez
Producer Philip Tagney
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From Cylinders and 785 to CDs and the Internet
With Samuel West. The monthly series of documentaries on 20th-century music continues with a survey of the rapid technological advances which have transformed the way we make and perceive music. With contributions from historians Cyril Ehrlich ,
Paddy Scannell and Jenny Doctor , critics Simon Frith and Robert Philip , pianists Susan Tomes and Nikolai Demidenko and producers Jack Pfeiffer and Gidi Boss.
Producer Nick Morgan

Repeated from yesterday 12 noon

Stephen Greenhorn 's "road movie for radio" adapted from his 1997 stage hit. City boys Brian and Alex flee
Motherwell in a clapped-out Lada with a stolen surfboard on the roof, and head north into rural Scotland with a gangster in hot pursuit. Their destination is Thurso, surfing capital of the North.
Music by Iain Johnstone
Director Patrick Rayner Repeat

Music to celebrate American
Independence Day.
Ives Unanswered Question New York Philharmonic/Leonard Bernstein
Barber Adagio for Strings Kronos Quartet

With Brian Kay.

Monteverdi Magnificat (Vespers, 1610) - Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, His Majesty's Sackbutts and Cornetts, London Oratory Junior Choir, conductor John Eliot Gardiner

Tavener Magnificat (Collegium Regale) - Choir of King's College, Cambridge, conductor Stephen Cleobury

Mozart Vesperae Solennes de Confessore (excerpts) - Winchester Cathedral Choir, Winchester College Quirsters/Christopher Hogwood

Rachmaninov Great Doxology (Vespers) - Corydon Singers/Matthew Best

Handel Dixit Dominus - Sixteen Choir and Orchestra/Harry Christophers

(Repeat)

Raphael Walifisch (cello), John York (piano)
Leighton Alleluia Pascha Nostwm Casken A Spring Cadenza
Vainberg Cello Sonata, Op 72
Miaskovsky Cello Sonata No 1, Op 12

Conductor Jane Glover.
David Matthews Serenade
Britten Suite: A Time There Was
Bridge There Is a Willow Grows aslant a Brook

With Jonathan Swain.
1.00 Choral music by Ligeti, Part, Rautavaara, Valacuite, Narbuitaite and Augustinas
2.00 Mozart Overture: Lucio Silla , K135
2.10 Corelli Trio Sonata, Op 4 No 4
2.20 Palestrina Motets
2.30 Couperin Ordre No 8 in B minor
3.00 Berlioz Overture: Camaval Romain
3.10 Rossum Violin Concerto No 2
3.45 Mozart Piano Sonata, K330
4.10 Diethelm Variations, Op 294
4.20 Beethoven Triple Concerto, Op 56
5.00 Bruhns Der Herr Hat Seinen Stuhl
5.10 Bach Violin Sonata, BWV1017 530 Weber Clarinet Concerto No 2 in E flat
5.50 Bach, arr anon Violin Sonata in A minor, BWV1003 (3rd mvt)