With Fiona Talkington.
David Monrad Johansen Pictures from
Nordland 6.39 Sibelius En Saga
7.03 Vivaldi Bassoon Concerto in A minor, RV498 7.47 Mendelssohn Overture: The
Hebrides (Fingal Cave)
8.03 Janacek The Fiddler's Child
8.25 Bach, transcr Busoni Nun Kommt der Heiden Heiland, BWV659
Glinka Overture: Ruslan and Lyudmila Tchaikovsky Moscow Radio Symphony
Orchestra, conductor Vladimir Fedoseyev
9.09 Ludwig von Ferguson Sonata in D for piano duet Alexander Bakhchiev and Yelena Sorokina
9.21 Handel Where "er You Walk (Semele) Richard Lewis (tenor), London Symphony Orchestra, conductor Malcolm Sargent
9.26 Butterworth Two English Idylls ECO, conductor Jeffrey Tate
9.39 Monteverdi Sonata sopra Sancta Maria (Vespers, 1610) London Oratory
Junior Choir, His Majesties Sagbutts and Cornetts, English Baroque Soloists, conductor John Eliot Gardiner
9.47 Frederick the Great Flute Concerto No 3 in C Patrick Gallois , CPE Bach CO, conductor Peter Schreier
10.02 Blezard Jeuxd 'EspritEnc Parkin (piano)
10.08 Saint-Saens Bacchanale (Samson et Dalila) Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra, conductor Felix Slatkin
10.16 Saint-Saens Mon Coeur S 'Ouvre a Ta Voix (Samson et Dalila) Maria Callas (soprano), French National Radio
Orchestra, conductor Georges Pretre
10.22 Thomas Canning Fantasy on a Hymn Tune by Justin Morgan Indianapolis SO, conductor Raymond Leppard
10.35 Bach Motet: Jesu, Meine Freude ,
BWV22 7 Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, conductor John Eliot Gardiner
11.00 Two minutes' silence, followed by The Last Post, live from Whitehall.
11.03 Elgar Sospiri City of London Sinfonia, conductor Richard Hickox
11.09 Beethoven Piano Sonata in C minor, Opl3(Pathetique) Wilhelm Kempff
11.27 Moeran Fantasy Quartet for oboe, violin, viola and cello Nicholas Daniel
(oboe), Members of the Vanbrugh Quartet
11.41 Scheidt Canzona super Cantionem Gallicam "Est-Ce Mars?"
His Majesties Sagbutts and Cornetts
11.48 Finzi Dies Natalis Wilfred Brown
(harpsichord), English Chamber Orchestra, conductor Christopher Finzi Producer Sarah Devonald
Ivan Hewett discusses the Barbican's Only
Connect season, which brings together artists from different musical styles, including Mercury Prize winner Talvin Singh. Plus director Jonathan Miller 's view of opera in the 21st century. Producer Jessica Isaacs
Chopin at the Wigmore Hall
Gordon Stewart introduces the fourth of six recitals marking the 150th anniversary of Chopin's death. Kevin Kenner (piano)
Chopin Nocturne in B flat minor, Op 9 No 1; Polonaise in G minor, Op posth; Polonaise in Fminor, Op 71 No 3; Three Ecossaises, Op 72; Souvenir de Paganini; Larghetto (Piano Concerto No 2 in F minor, transcr Kevin Kenner ); Waltz in F, Op 34 No 3; Nocturne in C minor, Op 48 No 1;
Impromptu No 2 in F sharp, Op 36;
Three Mazurkas, Op 56; Mazurka in F minor, Op 68 No 4; Fantasy in F minor, Op 69
The first programme in a new series in which writers explore a chosen theme from the BBC archives. This week
Roy Hattersley remembers how a chance exchange of 78s in the school playground led to his fascination with Elgar's music.
He includes three Elgarworks: Sea Pictures -the last recording made by John Barbirolli ; the Enigma Variations, with the voice of Dorabella Powell , subject ofthe tenth variation; and part of Adrian Boult 's 1970 Proms broadcast of The Dream ofGerontius. Producer Declan McGovern
SOUNDING THE CENTURY
Martin Handley introduces recordings of Beethoven and Wagner by the tenor
Wolfgang Windgassen. Producer Paul Hindmarsh
SOUNDING THE CENTURY
95: Gabriel Garcia Marquez : One Hundred Years Of Solitude Producer Annie Bristow
SOUNDING THE CENTURY
Ivan Hewett introduces music first performed in 1949. Kabalevsky Cello Concerto No 1 Britten Spring Symphony: Part 2
Bloch Concerto Symphonique (2nd mvt) Messiaen Quartet for the End of Time
(excerpts) Hartmann Final Scene (Simplius Simplicissimus ) Producer Antony Sellors
To celebrate the tenth anniversary of the "velvet revolution", Chris Bowlby investigates the now forgotten world of underground samizdat publishing in Czechoslovakia, which helped to keep free speech alive in the days of Communism. Producer Chris Bowlby
Rptd from yesterday 12 noon
Another chance to hear the radio version of the Royal Shakespeare Company's stage production, written and directed by Stephen Poliakoff. This haunting play questions how the newly emerging BBC responded to the growingcrisis in Europe in the late 1930s.
With Dominic Rowan , Rob Edwards. Gemma Page , Kate Odey and Giles Taylor. Musical director Tony Stenson (R)
Paul Guinery introduces a performance for Remembrance Sunday of Britten's War Requiem, given last month in Paris. Marina Mescheriakovia (soprano),
Ian Bostridge (tenor), Thomas Hampson
(baritone), Choristers of St Paul's Cathedral, Chorus and Orchestra of Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, conductor Bernard Haitink
Arthur Pizarro and Stephen Coombs (R)
Conductor Vernon Handley
Edgar Bainton Symphony No 2 John Gough Serenade
Hubert Clifford Symphony
With Susan Sharpe.
1.00 Works by Scandelli, Tamulionis, Banaitis and Juozapaitis.
Svendsen Romance for violin and choir
Mendelssohn Hear My Prayer
2.00 Klami Serenade Joyeuse
2.05 Brahms Piano Sonata No 3 in F minor, Op 5
2.50 Mendelssohn War March of the Priests (Athalie)
3.00 Bach Praeludium and Fughetta in G, BWV902
3.10 Heinichen Se Mai, Tirsi, Mio Bene (Clori e Tirsi)
3.25 Unnala Pensee Triste
3.30 Kuula South Ostrobothnian Suite No 2
4.00 JC Bach Quintet in D, Op 11 No 6
4.15 Schubert Gesangder Geisteruber den Wassern
4.25 Ravel Miroirs
5.00 Strauss Don Juan
5.15 Poulenc Figure Humaine
5.35 Casella Sicilienne and Burlesque
5.45 Karlowicz Chant de l'Eternelle Aspiration (Chants Eternels)