Serenade in C minor, K388
5.45 Vivaldi Magnificat in G minor, RV610
With Penny Gore.
Faure Messe Basse
6.30 Brahms Ballades, Op 10
7.00 Telemann Concerto in A minor
7.35 Mozart Symphony No 31 in D (Paris)
8.10 Beethoven String Quartet in F minor, Op 95
8.40 Ravel Sheherazade
With Donald Macleod.
Although best known for his symphonic poems and songs, Respighi wrote a number of works for the stage, including arrangements of works by Claudio Monteverdi.
Monteverdi, arr Respighi Lamento d'Arianna - Burjana Antonova (mezzo), Sofia Chamber Orchestra, conductor Emil Tabakov
Respighi Belfagor (excerpt) - Lajos Miller (baritone), Laszlo Polgar (bass), Hungarian State Orchestra, conductor Lamberto Gardelli
La Bella Dormento nel Bosco (Act 1, Scene 2) - Soloists, Slovak Philharmonic Chorus, Slovak SO, conductorà Adriano
Monteverdi, arr Respighi Orfeo (Act 2, excerpt) - Paolo Coni (baritone), Nuccia Focile (soprano), Enrico Facini (tenor), Lucca Chamber Orchestra, conductor Herbert Handt
The poet and novelist talks about her new project.
With Stephanie Hughes.
Copland El Salon Mexico - Boston SO, conductor Serge Koussevitzky
10.18 Faure Elegie - Jean Bedetti (cello), Boston SO, conductor Serge Koussevitzky
10.27 Loewe Szeneaus Faust; Der Fischer - Edith Mathis (soprano), Cord Garben (piano)
10.35 Schubert Symphony No 9 in C (Great) - Vienna Philharmonic, conductor John Eliot Gardiner
With Tommy Pearson.
Today the BBC Concert Orchestra under Paul Bateman perform highlights from 50 years of British film music, including scores by Ron Goodwin, Richard Rodney Bennett (his colourful suite from Far from the Madding Crowd), Malcolm Arnold (The Sound Barrier) and John Barry (Zulu). Plus William Walton's legendary score for the Laurence Olivier film Henry V.
Today's concert features Welsh baritone Neal Davies in a recital he gave at the Machynlleth Festival in north Wales last August. Accompanied by Julian Milford he sings settings of Pushkin by Medtner, Rubinstein and Shostakovich.
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Berlioz Overture: Roman Carnival - Conductor Tadaaki Otaka
Franck Les Eolides - Conductor Jean-Yves Ossonce
Chopin Piano Concerto No 2 in F minor - Louis Lortie, conductor Tadaaki Otaka
Franck Les Djinns - Stephen Coombs (piano), conductor Jean-Yves Ossonce
Franck Symphony in D minor - Conductor Tadaaki Otaka.
Andrew Manze explores the influence of folk music on classical composers and plays some great historical recordings, including Joseph Joachim performing Brahms, Joseph Szigeti and Bela Bartok in Bartok's Rhapsody No 1, George Enescu and Dinu Lipatti in Enescu's Violin Sonata No 3, as well as Augustin Dumay playing Ravel's Tzigane. Plus a recording of folk musicians from Romania.
With Sean Rafferty. Music includes at 5.40 Mozart's Exsultate Jubilate; at 6.05 Janacek's March of the Blue Boys; and at 6.40 Britten's Sinfonietta.
Oliver Knussen's fantasy operas Higglety Pigglety Pop! and Where the Wild Things Are were two of the great operatic milestones of the 1980s. Last year Knussen conducted highly acclaimed performances of these works and then went straight into the studio to put down this recording.
Maurice Sendak's libretto is based on his own enchanting children's books.
Presented by Andrew McGregor, who also discusses the operas with the composer.
Higglety Pigglety Pop! Where the Wild Things Are - London Sinfonietta, conducted by the Composer
Patrick Wright talks to neurologist Antonio Damasio about one of the most mysterious and disputed areas of human inquiry - the nature of consciousness. In his new book, The Feeling of What Happens, Damasio outlines his theory of how man developed a sense of self.
Fado queen Amalia Rodriguez and the monks of the Sera Je Monastery in Tibet add their voices to tonight's selection presented by Fiona Talkington.
Alyn Shipton presents the final part of Alan Plater's Beiderbecke and All That Jazz featuring the Kenny Baker Band, re-broadcast as a tribute to the trumpeter Kenny Baker, who died last month.
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With Susan Sharpe.
12.05am Monti Csardas
12.15 Verdi Cortigiani, Vil Razza (Rigoletto)
12.20 Strauss Suite in B flat, Op 4
12.45 Bach Fantasia and Fugue in G minor, BWV542 (Great)
1.00 Schumann Overture: Manfred; Symphony No 4 in D minor; Symphony No 2 in C
2.15 Brahms Fantasies, Op 116
2.40 Bruhns Cantata: Muss Nicht der Mensch auf Dieser Erden in Steten Streiten Sein
2.50 Franck Offertoire pour la Messe de Minuit
3.00 Music Workshop
3.20 Let's Move!
3.40 Words Alive
3.55 First Steps in Drama
4.10 Listen and Write
4.30 Alphabet Time
4.40 Check It Out
