With Penny Gore.

6.15 Svirldov Three Choruses (TsarFeodor loannovich) - James Bowman (countertenor), Holst Singers, conductor Stephen Layton

6.35 Mozart Piano Concerto No 8 in C, K246 - Mitsuko Uchida, English Chamber Orchestra, conductor Jeffrey Tate

7.10 Stanford Fantasy No 2 in F - Thea King (clarinet), Britten Quartet

7.40 Ravel Le Tombeau de Couperin - London Symphony Orchestra, conductor Claudio Abbado

8.10 Schubert Piano Trio in E flat, D897 (Notturno) - Jean-Philippe Collard (piano), Augustin Dumay (violin), Frederic Lodeon (cello)

8.40 Respighi Suite: The Birds - I Solisti Veneti, conductor Claudio Scimone

With Donald Macleod.

Mendelssohn's love of Bach's music was evident from an early age, and when he was 20 he conducted the first public performance of the St Matthew Passion for more than 100 years. And Mendelssohn's time as chief conductor of the Gewandhaus Orchestra in Bach's city - Leipzig - was happy and productive.

Overture: Calm Sea and a Prosperous Voyage - London Symphony Orchestra, conductor Claudio Abbado

St Paul (excerpt) - Gundula Janowitz (soprano), Hans Peter Blochwitz (tenor), Leipzig Radio Chorus, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, conductor Kurt Masur

String Quartet in E minor, Op 44 No 2 - Melos Quartet

The director talks about recording the music for his new film The Talented Mr Ripley. He is at work with composer Gabriel Yared and an orchestra of over 90 musicians at Abbey Road studios.

With Jonathan Swain.

Sibelius En Saga - Vienna Philharmonic, conductor Malcolm Sargent

10.25 Vaughan Williams Cantata: Dona Nobis Pacem - Renee Flynn (soprano), Roy Henderson (baritone), BBC Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, conducted by the Composer

11.01 Schumann Arabeske in C, Op 18 - Freddy Kempf (piano)

11.08 Prokofiev Suite: Lieutenant Kije - London Symphony Orchestra, conductor Malcolm Sargent

The fourth of five programmes this week featuring some of the most exciting artists of tomorrow in Radio 3's New Generation Artists scheme. Presented by Verity Sharp, in conversation with the artists.

Beethoven: Piano Sonata in E minor, Op 90 - Francois-Frederic Guy
Faure: Elegie - Natalie Clein (cello), Charles Owen (piano)
Debussy: Proses Lyriques - Lisa Milne (soprano), Iain Burnside (piano)
Tanguy: Piano Sonata - Francois-Frederic Guy
Franck: Cello Sonata in A (transcr. from Violin Sonata) - Natalie Clein, Charles Owen (piano)

Lucie Skeaping introduces a recital of Haydn string quartets given by the Sorrel and Brodsky quartets last June as part of the 1999 City of London Festival.

Haydn String Quartet in D minor, Op 42; Introduction and Sonata No 1 (The Seven Last Words of Our Saviour on the Cross); String Quartet in D, Op 64 No 5 (Lark) (R)

Sibelius The Swan of Tuonela (Lemminkainen Suite) - Conductor Tadaaki Otaka

Vaughan Williams Symphony No 5 - Conductor Richard Hickox

Grieg Piano Concerto in A minor - Artur Pizarro, conductor Yan Pascal Tortelier

Sibelius Symphony No 5 - Conductor Tadaaki Otaka

The Austrian-born Fritz Kreisler was one of the most famous and popular of all violinists. Andrew Manze explores the life and music-making of this great figure, including Kreisler's performances of Bach and Schubert's Duo in A, D574, with his friend Sergei Rachmaninov on piano. Plus some of Kreisler's own pieces played by Oscar Shumsky, Joshua Bell and the composer himself, including Liebesleid and Liebesfreud.

With Sean Rafferty.

Music includes at 5.40 Tchaikovsky's Capriccio Italien played by the Israel PO under Leonard Bernstein; at 6.10 Debussy's Reverie performed by Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano); and at 6.35 Copland's El Salon Mexico played by the Dallas SO under Eduardo Mata.

Donald Macleod introduces tonight's opera performance direct from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.

Rossini's version of Shakespeare's Othello has suffered in reputation as a result of its loose adaptation. But taken on its own terms, Otello is one of the high points of Italian bel canto opera, and Rossini's setting of the final act was enough to make Verdi pause for thought when he was considering the same subject several years later.

Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Gianluigi Gelmetti

Act 1

8.10 Beyond Buffo
Graham Fawcett draws together the evidence from Rossini's life and operas to suggest that the composer of Otello was at least a semi-serious man.

8.40 Acts 2 and 3

Fiona Talkington visits Greece and New Zealand in tonight's late-night selection.

Alyn Shipton introduces tonight's session from John Etheridge's Zappatistas band, who perform music by Frank Zappa.

With Jonathan Swain.

12.05am Kodaly A Song about King Stephen

12.15 Nielsen Wind Quintet, Op 43

12.45 Monteverdi Magnificat II a 6 (Vespers, 1610)

1.00 Kodaly Concerto for Orchestra; Symphony; Dances of Marosszek; Theatre Overture

2.20 Beethoven String Quartet in F minor, Op 95

2.45 Jarzebski Concerto Primo a 2; Concerto Secondo a 2; Concerto Terza a 2; Concerto Quarto a 2

3.00-5.00 BBC Schools
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

5.00 Berlioz Overture: King Lear

5.15 Rautio Piano Concerto No 2

5.35 Auric, arr Philip Lane Suite: The Titfield Thunderbolt

5.40 Hurlebusch Concerto in A minor

5.55 Weber Perpetuum Mobile (Piano Sonata No 1 in C)