Petroc Trelawny with arts news and music, including after 6.30 Strauss's Duett-Concertino for clarinet, bassoon, strings and harp; after
7.00 Haydn's Symphony No 65 in A; and after 8.30 Glazunov's Violin
Concerto in A minor with the soloist
Frank Peter Zimmermann.

Beethoven Abroad
Presented by Misha Donat.
4: Britain. Beethoven made an agreement with Clementi to publish in London three quartets, a symphony, an overture and a concerto for violin, which at Clementi's request he adapted for the piano.
Variations on "Rule Britannia",
WoO 79 Alfred Brendel (piano) Scottish and Irish Folk Songs,
Wo0154; 157 (Excerpts)
Elaine Woods (soprano), Carolyn Watkinson (contralto), Josef Protschka (tenor), Richard Salter (baritone), Christian Altenburger (violin), Julius Berger (cello), Helmut Deutsch (piano)
Piano Concerto in D (arr from Violin Concerto, Op 61)
English Chamber Orchestra,
Daniel Barenboim (piano/director)

Lloyd Newson
Director Lloyd Newson continues his preparations for DV8 Physical Theatre's new production The Happiest Days of My Life.

With Peter Hobday.
Tippett Concerto for Double String Orchestra Bournemouth SO, conductor Rudolf Barshai
10.29 Faure Le Jardin Clos, Op 106 Elly Ameling (soprano), Dalton Baldwin (piano)
10.44 Revueltas Colorines
ECO, conductor Gisele Ben-Dor
10.52 Liszt La Leggierezza;
Gnomenreigen (Concert Studies) Eileen Joyce (piano)
11.00 Britten Our Hunting Fathers Elisabeth Soderstrom (soprano), Welsh National Opera Orchestra, conductor Richard Armstrong

Mozart 1784
Geoff Baskerville presents music written by Mozart during 1784, featuring performances given last week at the Edinburgh international Festival and new recordings by a young Norwegian quartet.
Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Andras Schiff (piano/director), Vertavo Quartet
Piano Sonata in C minor, K457; String Quartet in D minor, K421;
Variations in G for piano on "Unser Dummer Pobel Meint", K455; Piano Concerto No 14 in E flat, K449

David Golub (piano)
Haydn Sonata in C, H XVI 48
Bartok Ten Easy Pieces (1908) Haydn Sonata in A flat, H XVI 46 Repeat

Another chance to hear last
Tuesday's Prom which introduced a new work by Judith Weir , written for the American soprano Dawn Upshaw. The work reflects on mankind's relationship to the natural world, and the piece is complemented by the portrayal of elephants in Stravinsky's polka and Delius's evocative picture of country life.
Dawn Upshaw (soprano),
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Mark Elder
Stravinsky Circus Polka
Judith Weir Natural History (first European performance) Detius Brigg Fair
Strauss Symphonia Domestica

Liszt
The last of eight programmes in which prominent pianists discuss the interpretation of a composer's solo piano music with reference to recordings by great interpreters of the past. Today Andrew Green talks to Hamish Milne about playing Liszt. Producer Chris Wines

Sean Rafferty talks to the soprano
Lisa Milne about her English National Opera debut in Weber's Der
Freischutz. Music includes Brahms's
Alto Rhapsody and Haydn's
Symphony No 8 in G (Le Soir). E-MAIL: [address removed]

This evening's concert from the Royal Albert Hall,
London, marks a welcome return for a favourite soloist in the second concert given by the Bavarian State Orchestra. Bruckner's huge symphonic tapestry dominates a programme which begins with a tribute to Chopin in the year of the 150th anniversary of his death. Evgeny Kissin (piano),
Bavarian State Orchestra, conductor Zubin Mehta
Chopin Piano Concerto No 1 in E minor
8.15 The Ascent of Man
The last in a series of lectures focusing on Jacob Bronowski and his ground breaking television series.
8.35 Bruckner Symphony No 8 in C minor
BECKETT FESTIVAL

Samuel Beckett Special Night Waves launches its new season with this special broadcast live from the Barbican Centre in London. On the occasion of the Gate Theatre's Beckett Festival transferring from Dublin to the Barbican, Richard Coles and a panel of invited guests take this opportunity to explore the legacy of Beckett; from his acclaimed work in theatre through film and prose to the ongoing influence of his ideas today. Night Waves returns next Monday at 9.30pm
BECKETT FESTIVAL

Martin Esslin introduces the last of three programmes dedicated to the radio plays of Samuel Beckett.
Tonight's double bill features a play about the powers of poetry and melody and a monologue about "the dead and gone" and "the dying and the going".
3: Words and Music. Remastered from the original 1962 BBC production.
Music by John Beckett.
Director Michael Bakewell
A Piece of Monologue. Originally broadcast in 1986 and performed by Ronald Pickup.
Director Ronald Mason Repeat

At Brecon
Alyn Shipton introduces another set performed by the duo of guitarist Martin Taylor and double-bassist Niels Henning Orsted-Pedersen at the Theatr Brycheiniog during last month's Brecon Jazz Festival.