With Edward Seckerson.
Beethoven Rondo in C, Op 51 No 1 Alfred Brendel (piano)
6.30 Pizzetti Rondo Veneziano
BBC Scottish SO, conductor Osmo Vanska
7.00 Dowland Can She Excuse My Wrongs (Earle of Essex Galliard) Paul O'Dette (lute)
7.30 Adams Harmonielehre , Part III: Meister Eckhardt and Quackie CBSO, conductor Simon Rattle
8.00 Bernstein Some Other Time (On the Town) Members of the original Broadway cast, New York Philharmonic, conducted by the Composer
8.30 Strauss Four Last Songs Renee Fleming (soprano), Houston SO, conductor Christoph Eschenbach

Smetana Overture: The Bartered Bride
RPO, conductor Rudolf Kempe
9.15 Mozart Fugue in G minor, K401;
Gigue in G, K574 Thomas Trotter (organ)
9.25 Hoist Ballet: The Perfect Fool
RPO, conductor Malcolm Sargent
9.35 Gershwin Three Piano Preludes
Jack Gibbons
9.50 Hummell Octet-Partita in Eflat
Albion Ensemble
10.05 G Gabriell Audite Principes
Monteverdi Choir, Philip Jones Brass
Ensemble, conductor John Eliot Gardiner
10.20 Rosetti Sinfonia in D (La Chasse) Concerto Koln
10.55 Lambert Suite: Merchant Seamen
BBC Concert Orchestra/Barry Wordsworth
11.25 Czerny Divertissement Militaire
Isabel Beyer , Harvey and Guy Dagul (piano six hands)
11.35 Bach Magnificat in E flat
Soloists, Christchurch Cathedral Choir, Oxford, Academy of Ancient Music,
Conductor Simon Preston Producer Sarah Devonald

By Ian Burton. A centenary portrait of composer Francis Poulenc , drawing on interviews he gave, the reminiscences of friends, his compositions, and imagined scenes with important figures in his life. The portrait explores how, through the tension between his sexuality and Catholic faith, he created some of the wittiest and most profound music of the 20th century. with Oliver Ford Davies. Rebecca Front, Ben Crowe ,
Carolyn Jones , Giles Fagan and Ann Beach.
Director Julian May (R)

A concert by the Tokyo Quartet given earlier this month at London's Queen Elizabeth Hall. Haydn String Quartet in G, Op 77 No 1
Beethoven String Quartet in D, Op 18 No 3 Ravel String Quartet

Georges Auric Suite: Passport to Pimlico; Suite: Dead of Night
BBC PO, conductor Rumon Gamba

The writer and broadcaster John Julius
Norwich looks back on some memorable performances in the history of the Wigmore Hall. Music includes excerpts from Lotte Lenya 's masterclass on Strauss's Der Rosenkavalier, and John Ireland's Songs Sacred and Profane with Peter Pears (tenor) and the Composer (piano), recorded in 1951. Producer Declan McGovern
SOUNDING THE CENTURY

In the final programme of the series Lord Harewood introduces recordings by the dramatic soprano Birgit Nilsson. Producer Martin Cotton
SOUNDING THE CENTURY

100: Buster Keaton : The General
Producer Mark Burman
SOUNDING THE CENTURY

In the last programme of the series Anthony Burton and Ivan Hewett are joined by George Benjamin , artistic consultant ofthe Sounding the Centuryfestival, to discuss the series as a whole and to introduce their choice of significant musical premieres from this year. ProducerPhilipTagney

John Theocharis goes on a pilgrimage to the monastic republic of Mount Athos in northern Greece, one of the holiest places in Orthodox Christianity and a world of mystics and icons, of sacred relics and Byzantine chant. Producer Denis Nowlan

Michael Berkeley meets Don Maguire , US performance artist and erstwhile colleague Of Andy Warhol. Repeated from yesterday 12 noon
THE COWARD CENTENARY

By Noël Coward. Maria Aitken's adaptation for radio opens Radio 3's Coward Centenary season. Larita is a beautiful woman with a past, who has recently married John Whittaker, the eldest son of an upper-middle-class family. Her arrival among his family provokes a clash with their sense of propriety, but she fends off their attacks with wit and charm until she loses control, and with it, her husband.
See also tomorrow 7.30pm

A concert given at Hampton Court last month by the BBC Symphony Orchestra, the BBC Singers, conductor
Stephen Cleobury , and also featuring Ann Murray
(soprano) and Michael Davies (solo violin). Elgar Serenade for Strings Tavener Song for Athene
Handel Scherza Infida (Ariodante); Crude Furie degl'Orridi Abissi (Xerxes)
Vaughan Williams The Lark Ascending Handel Coronation Anthem: Zadok the Priest, HWV258

Presented by Paul Guinery.
Saint-Saens Oratorio de Noel, Op 12
(excerpts) Dresden Boys' Choir, Dresden Philharmonie, conductor Martin Fleming Humperdinck Das Gluck von Edenhall BBC Singers, BBC Concert Orchestra, conductor Nicholas Kok
Stanford Te Deum in B flat, Op 66 Carys Lane (soprano), Susan Bickley (mezzo), James Gilchrist (tenor), Michael George (bass), Leeds Philharmonic Chorus, BBC
Philharmonic, conductor Harry Christophers

Shostakovich String Quartet No 11, Op 122 Mozart String Quartet in B flat, K 458
Schubert String Quartet in A minor, D804 (R)

With Susan Sharpe.

1.00 Early music.

1.50 Buxtehude Magnificat Noni Toni, BuxWV204b; 205

1.55 Schubert Fantasy in F minor, D940

2.15 Mahler Symphony No 3

3.55 James Australian Christmas Carols, Set 2

4.05 Gershwin, arr Grainger Love Walked In

4.15 Tchaikovsky Suite: The Sleeping Beauty

4.35 Telemann Missa Brevis

4.50 Rossini Largo al Factotum (The Barber of Seville)

5.05 Kuula Sorrows

5.10 James Australian Christmas Carols, Set 1

5.15 Bornelh No Pose Sofrir C'A la Dolor: Reis Glorios, Verais Luas e Clartatz

5.30 Chopin Andante Spianato and Grand Polonaise Brillante, Op 22

5.45 James Australian Christmas Carols, Set 3