With Edward Seckerson.

D. Scarlatti Sonata in C, Kk501 - Scott Ross (harpsichord)

6.35 Mozart Symphony No 35 in D (Haffner) - Cleveland Orchestra/George Szell

7.00 Brahms Intermezzo in E flat, Op 117 No 1 - Glenn Gould (piano)

7.35 Villa-Lobos Bachianas Brasileiras No 4 - New World Symphony, conductor Michael Tilson Thomas

8.00 Nino Rota The Glass Mountain - Massimo Palumbo (piano)

8.30 Tchaikovsky Francesca da Rimini - Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Leonard Bernstein

(Full details of Morning on 3's music is posted at [web address removed] a few days before transmission)

With Andrew McGregor, who plays some of this month's newest releases.

9.30 Building a Library Geoffrey Smith recommends a version of Strauss's Ein Heldenleben.

10.35 Colin Lawson on new releases of chamber music, including Schumann piano trios from the Vienna Brahms Trio and music by Beethoven, Hummel and Cherubini.

11.00 An interview with conductor John Eliot Gardiner about his latest recordings, including A Viennese Soiree.

11.30 Radio 3's Disc of the Week: Messiaen Saint Francis of Assisi (excerpt) The Angel Dawn Upshaw (soprano) Saint Francis Jose van Dam (baritone) Arnold Schoenberg Choir, Halle Orchestra, conductor Kent Nagano

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Michael Berkeley's guest today is painter Susannah Fiennes, who recently accompanied Prince Charles on several official visits abroad, including one to China and one to the Middle East. Her recent London exhibition included a selection of paintings inspired by the landscapes and people of Uzbekistan. A keen viola player and choral singer, her musical choices include Schubert's Arpeggione Sonata, a Shostakovich string quartet, a Bach prelude and fugue, and sacred works by Handel, Brahms and Bernstein.

(Repeated tomorrow at 6.30pm)

Another chance to hear Monday's recital from the Wigmore Hall, London.

Chantal Juillet (violin), Pascal Roge (piano)

Ravel Violin Sonata

Franck Violin Sonata in A

(R)

Humphrey Carpenter introduces listeners' requests, including:

Arnold Overture: Tam o'Shanter - Royal Scottish National Orchestra, conductor Alexander Gibson

Elgar Scenes from the Bavarian Highlands - London Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Richard Hickox

Rodrigo Concierto de Aranjuez - Julian Bream (guitar), Melos Ensemble, conductor Colin Davis

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E-Mail: [email address removed]

Bernard MacLaverty selects some of the highlights from the past week on Radio 3.

With Geoffrey Smith.

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Ben Watson presents the first of four programmes examining the impact on jazz made by musicians from the English-speaking Caribbean.

The sounds of swing, Nat King Cole and Louis Jordan all made the short trip from their American homes to their Caribbean neighbours - and changed the music there forever.

Verdi's most popular opera, based on Dumas's La Dame aux Camelias, strips the novel of its cynicism and in the character of the consumptive courtesan, Violetta, features one of the most feisty, charming and radiant of operatic heroines.

Chorus and Orchestra of the New York Metropolitan Opera, conductor Roberto Abbado
Act 1

6.30 Wonderful Town
In another of his explorations of the New York musical scene Miles Warde talks to Andy Kaufman of the legendary jazz club Birdland.

7.00 Act 2

8.05 The Met Opera Quiz
Martin Bernheimer puts listeners' questions to David Hamilton, Alfred Hubay and Father Owen Lee.

8.30 Act 3

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Todd Crow (piano)

Haydn Sonata in D, H XVI 37

Bartok Sketches, Op 9b

Haydn Sonata in G minor, H XVI 44

Historian Theodore Zeldin, theologian Angela Tilby, poet Christopher Logue and mathematician Ian Stewart join Joan Bakewell to discuss challenging questions sent in by listeners.

Questions can be sent to: The Brains Trust [address removed] E-mail: [email address removed]

Mark Russell and Robert Sandall present an eclectic mix of musical styles.

Jez Nelson introduces tonight's concert from Partisans. Formed in 1993 by saxophonist Julian Siegel and guitarist Phil Robson, the band is completed by Thad Kelly on bass and Gene Calderazzo on drums and has been favourably compared to the groups of John Scofield and Paul Motian. Plus a roundup of the best new releases On CD.

With Jonathan Swain.

1.00 A recital of piano music by Beethoven, Liszt, Tchaikovsky and Mozart.

2.25 Mahler Symphony No 9

3.50 Berlioz Minuet of the Will o' the Wisps (The Damnation of Faust)

3.55 Dvorak Mass in D minor

4.35 A. Gabrieli Ricercardel Sesto Tuono; Ricercar del Duodecimo Tuono (Madrigali e Ricercari)

4.50 Gluck Dance of the Blessed Spirits (Orphee et Euridice)

5.00 Dessane Ouverture

5.05 Bridge The Sea

5.25 Handel Alcina (excerpts)

5.35 Amas Jarnefellt Sunday

5.45 Auric, arr Philip Lane It Always Rains on Sunday