With Penny Gore, including
Haydn Symphony No 6 in D (Le Matin)
English Concert, director Trevor Pinnock
6.25 Nielsen Two Fantasy Pieces, Op 2
AlbrechtMayer(oboe), Markus Becker (piano)
7.10 Stanley Concerto in D minor for strings, Op2 No 4 Collegium Musicum90, director Simon Standage
7.40 Respighi Suite: The Birds Orpheus CO
8.10 Fanny Mendelssohn Three Fantasies Yaara Tal , Andreas Groethuysen (piano duet)
8.45 Elgar Serenade for Strings in E minor, Op 20 LPO, conductor Adrian Boult

(1778-1837) Donald Macleod investigates the early years of Johann Nepomuk Hummel , who was a pupil of Mozart, Haydn and Salieri, a close friend (and rival) of Beethoven, a friend of Goethe, and the dedicatee of Schubert's last three piano sonatas.
Potpourri (Fantasie) Garfield Jackson
(viola), Ulster Orchestra/Howard Shelley Grande Sonata in A flat, Op 92
Christian Ivaldi and Noel Lee (piano duet)
For the Sake o' SomebodyChristine Cairns (mezzo), Scottish Early Music Consort
Flute Sonata in G minor, Op 2 No 2 (Finale) Use Daoust, Carmen Picard (piano) Producer Andrew Lyle

The Poet Laureate, Andrew Motion , talks about a new poem, In Memory of Louise Oliphant , written after hearing that a friend he had not seen since childhood had died as a teenager. Producer Fiona MacLean

With Stephanie Hughes , featuring Britten's music for string quartet and performances by Ernest Ansermet.
Herold Overture: Zampa Suisse Romande Orchestra, conductor Ernest Ansermet
10.14 Britten String Quartet in D, Endellion Quartet
10.35 Schubert, orch
Reger Greisengesang , D778 Klaus Mertens (baritone), North German Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Werner Andreas Albert
10.41 Mahler Adagio (Symphony No 10) Bavarian RSO , conductor Rafael Kubelik
11.06 Frank Martin Petite Symphonie Concertante Pierre Jamet (harp),
Germaine Vaucher-Clerc (harpsichord),
Doris Rossiaud (piano), Suisse Romande Orchestra.conductor Ernest Ansermet Producer Tony Cheevers

Graeme Kay presents a week of highlights from the Lucerne International Festival, with tod ay's concert featuring the Italian early music ensemble II Giardino Armonico, and their director Giovanni Antonini.
Graeme Kay also talks to the festival's director,
Michael Haeflinger and to some of the star performers, including Luca Pianca , theorbo playerwith II Giardino Armonico. Corelli Concerto Grosso in D, Op 6 No 4 Geminiani Concerto Grosso in E minor, Op3No3
Vivaldi Concerto in D for violin and double orchestra, RV582 Enrico Onofri
Locatelli Concerto Grosso in E flat, Op 7 No 6 (II Pianto darianna)
Handel Concerto Grosso in G minor, Op 6 No 6
Vivaldi Concerto in B minor for four violins, cello and orchestra, RV580 Enrico Onofri , Marco Bianchi , Stefano Barneschi , Alberto Stevanin (violins), Marco Testori (cello) Producer David Gallagher

Stephanie Hughes presents a recital from the Wigmore Hall , London.
Wolfgang Holzmair (baritone), Imogen Cooper (piano)
Mendelssohn Das Waldschloss
Franz Jagdlied; Abends Mendelssohn Pagenlied
Schumann Liederkreis, Op 39
Wolf Der Musikant; LieberAlles: Die Nacht; Heimweh; Verschwiegene Liebe; Seemans Abschied Repeated on Saturday

Conductor Thierry Fischer , , Ravel Le Tombeau de Couperin ! Mahler Kindertotenlieder
Catherine Wyn-Rogers (mezzo)
Brahms Variations on a Theme of Haydn; Symphony No 1 in C minor

Graeme Kay continues his series examiningthe portrayal of nationality in opera. Today he investigates England. Music includes excerpts from Britten's
Albert Herring , Verdi's Falstaff, Purcell's
KingArthurand Rossini's 11 Viaggio a Reims. Producer Kerry Chapman

Humphrey Carpenterwith guests and music, including at 5.30 Poulenc's Sextet for piano and wind; after 6.00 piano music by Granados; after 6.30 Lennox Berkeley 's Serenade for String Orchestra; and after
7.00 another chance to hear part of Radio 3's Disc of the Week, a movement from Bruckner's Symphony No 9 in D minor.

Donald Macleod presents a concert from the Royal Festival Hall given by the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Claudio Abbado. Their programme includes a new work by one of Germany's leading contemporary composers.
Anna Larsson , Stella Doufexis (mezzos), Ladies of the London Symphony Chorus, City of Birmingham Youth Chorus
Rihm In Doppelter Tiefe (At Double the Depth) (first UK performance)
7.50 Twenty Minutes: The Yellow-Haired Boy Stella Gonet reads a short story by Michele Roberts. (R)
8.10 Mahler Symphony No 3 in D minor

In the first of a new Night Waves series of interviews, Richard Coles talks to VS
Naipaul about a life devoted to writing and about his new book, Letters between a Father and Son. Producer Katie Hunter

New technology and ancient melody with Fiona Talkington. Plus Radio 3 at Womad. Producer Antony Pitts

One of America's flourishing independent labels is Arbors Jazz, which specialises in the traditional and mainstream areas.

Owner Matt Domber talks to Alyn Shipton about the history of the company and some of its star names, including Rick Fay, Ruby Braff and Dan Barrett.

With Jonathan Swain.
12.05am Chopin Scherzo No 2 in B flat minor, Op 3112.15 Jindrich Feld
Miniatures for violin, guitar and accordion
12.25 Albicastro Concerto a 4, Op 7 No 2
12.35 Frank Martin Mass for two choirs
1.00 A piano recital given by Adam Skounai , including D Scarlatti Four
Sonatas Beethoven Sonata in E, Op 109 Schumann Kinderszenen, Op 15 and two compositions of his own 2.20 James Curnow Blenheim Flourishes 2.25 Shostakovich Cello Concerto No 1
3.00 5.00 Schools
3.00 Music Box 3.15 Something to Think About 3.30 The Song Tree 3.45 Stories and Rhymes 4.00 Find Out 4.15 Maths
Challenge 2 4.30 Hopscotch 4.45 Scottish Resources 7-9
5.00 Faure Suite: Pelleas et Melisande 5.15
Milhaud Scaramouche 5.25 Skerl Terzo
Concerto (Internazioni Concertanti) 5.45
Mozart Horn Concerto No 1 in D, K412 5.55 Grieg Solveig 's Song (Peer Gynt)