With Edward Seckerson.
Lassus Missa Bell 'Amfitrit' Altera Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, director Simon Preston

6.25 Rachmaninov Suite No 2, Op 17 Martha Argerich and Alexandre Rabinovitch (pianos)

7.00 Telemann Overture-Suite in C, TWV55 C 6 Vienna Concentus Musicus/Nikolaus
Harnoncourt

7.35 Morton Gould Spirituals Eastman-Rochester Orchestra/Howard Hanson

8.00 Copland An Outdoor Overture LSO, conducted by the Composer

8.30 Part Tabula Rasa Tasmin Little (violin), Robert Aldwinckle (prepared piano), Bournemouth Sinfonietta, conductor Richard Studt

Herold La Fille Mal Gardee (excerpts) Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, conductor John Lanchbery 9.15 Schubert Psalm 23 BBC Singers, Susan Tomes (piano), conductor Jane Glover 9.22
Composer of the Week: Vivaldi Concerto in G, RGV151 (Alia Rustica) Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood 9.26 Delius In a Summer Garden Bournemouth
Symphony Orchestra, conductor Richard Hickox 9.42 Monteverdi Laudate
Dominum Maria Cristina Kiehr (soprano), Concerto Soave, conductor Jean-Marc
Aymes 9.47 Schubert Impromptu in G flat, D899 No 3 Alfred Brendel (piano)
9.54 Gershwin Variations on "I Got
Rhythm "Oscar Levant (piano), Morton
Gould Orchestra 10.03 One Work Wonders:
Pachelbel Canon and Giguelaverner Players, director Andrew Parrott 10.09 Stainer God So Loved the World (The
Crucifixion) BBC Singers, conductor Brian Kay 10.14 Nlcolai Overture: The Merry
Wives of Windsor Academy of St Martin in the Fields, conductor Neville Marriner
10.23 Boellmann Suite Gothique Roger Judd (organ) 10.37 Vaughan Williams In Windsor Forest Bournemouth Symphony
Chorus and Sinfonietta, conductor Norman Del Mar 10.55 Schubert Minuet and Finale
(Octet, D803) Vienna Wind Soloists
11.06 Puccini 0 Soave Fanciulla (La Boheme) Victoria de los Angeles
(soprano), Jussi Bjorling (tenor), RCA Victor Orchestra, conductor Thomas Beecham
11.12 Chopin Grande Valse Brillante in E flat, Op 18 Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)
11.22 Schubert Gesang der Geister uber den Wassern BBC Singers, conductor Jane Glover 11.30 Tchaikovsky Symphony No 4 in F minorOslo Philharmonic, conductor MariSS Jansons Producer Fiona Shelmerdine

Ivan Hewitt previews Don Boyd 's film
Lucia, which opens this week, and asks whether it heralds a renaissance of opera on film. Plus a report by a member of Cardboard Citizens - a theatre company for homeless people - on their innovative production of The Beggar's Opera.
Producer Jessica Isaacs

Keller Quartet
Mozart String Quartet in D minor, K421
Schubert String Quartet in D minor, D810 (Death and the Maiden)

Conductor Yan Pascal Tortelier
Hindemith Symphony in E flat

The pianist and musicologist
Charles Rosen concludes his series on Chopin with a look at the composer's musical legacy.
With illustrations at the piano, he explores Chopin's enduring influence on figures including Debussy and Wagner.
Producer Kerry Chapman

Paul Bailey celebrates the Danish tenor Aksel Schiotzwith recordings of Mozart, Grieg and Nielsen. Producer Paul Hindmarsh

87: Jorge Luis Borges : Fictions
Producer Virginia Crompton

Ivan Hewett introduces music first performed in 1978.

Ligeti Overture: Le Grand Macabre
Maxwell Davies Runes from a Holy Island
Tavener Lamentation
Ligeti Le Grand Macabre: Act 1, Scene
Xenakis Ikhoor
Panufnik Sinfonia Mystica (Symphony No 6)
Ligeti Le Grand Macabre: Act 2, Scene 4

Anthony Burton , who is currently writing a book about the BBC Singers, presents a profile of the choir, who celebrate their 75th anniversarythis autumn. With contributions from members, conductors and composers past and present. Brian Kay : page 48

Repeated from yesterday 12 noon

Italy 1925, and Julius Caesar , a new
Roman dictator, has swept to power.The way is clear to assume total control - unless a coup by Cassius and Brutus can alter the tide of history.
Director Eoin O'Callaghan
Roland White : Radio Review, page 52

Verdi's Requiem. Paul Guinery introduces a performance of Verdi's masterpiece given last month at the Edinburgh Festival. Verdi Missa da Requiem. Amanda Roocroft (soprano), Jane Irwin (mezzo), Ramon Vargas (tenor), Philip Ens (baritone),
Edinburgh Festival Chorus, Swedish RSO, conductor Myung-Whun Chung

Christopher Herrick , at the organ of the Royal Albert Hall , performs a programme of 20th-century British organ music.
Eigar Sonata No 1 in G (1st mvt) Bridge
Adagio (Three Pieces) Britten Prelude and Fugue on a Theme of Vittoria Lemare
Concert Fantasia on the Sailor's Hornpipe Robin Holloway Fantasia Elgar, arr Sinclair
Pomp and Circumstance March No 4

Conductor Martyn Brabbins
Shut' ExAnimo

With Jonathan Swain.

1.00 Szymanowski Six Kurpian Songs Udholm Libera Me
Britten Hymn to St Cecilia
Poulenc Figure Humaine

2.20 Weber Piano Sonata No 4 in E minor

2.45 Jorgen Bentzon Sinfonia Buffo

2.55 Bergamo Sonatina in D (exc)

3.00 Mozart The Marriage of Figaro (excerpts)

3.20 Jongen Four Organ Pieces, Op37

3.50 G. Gabrieli Cadenza Seconda

3.55 Beethoven Piano Concerto No 1 in C, Op 15

4.30 Rautavaara Anadyomene

4.45 Justin Heinrich Knecht Theme and Variations

4.55 Szymanowski Prelude in C sharp minor

5.00 Kunzen Overture: Vinhoesten

5.05 Karl Doppler Souvenir de Prague

5.20 Carlos Saizedo Variations on a Theme in the Old Style

5.30 Hummel Trumpet Concerto in E

5.50 Marais Caprice ou Sonate (Pieces de Viole, Bk 4)