With Tommy Pearson, including:

Tavener Song of the Angel - Patricia Rozario (soprano), Andrew Manze (violin), Academy of Ancient Music, director Paul Goodwin

6.45 Corelli Concerto da Camera in F, Op 6 No 9 - Ensemble 415

7.15 Holst A Moorside Suite - Brass of the BBC National Orchestra of Wales

7.40 Grieg Holberg Suite - Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields, conductor Neville Marriner

8.00 Bach Motet: Lobet den Herrn alle Heiden, BWV230 - The Sixteen, conductor Harry Christophers

8.35 Glazunov Oriental Rhapsody - Montreal Symphony Orchestra, conductor Charles Dutoit

Claude Debussy was one of the youngest students ever to enrol at the Paris Conservatoire, and in time he became one of its most famous alumni.
Donald Macleod begins his survey of the life and music of Debussy by exploring the roots of his unique musical talent.

Fantaisie - Anne Queffelec (piano), BBC Philharmonic, conductor Martyn Brabbins

Cantata: La Damoiselle Elue - lleana Cortrubas (soprano), Glenda Maurice (narrator), Ladies' Chorus and Orchestra of Stuttgart Radio, conductor Gary Bertini

Director and actor Simon McBurney and his brother, composer Gerard McBurney, are collaborating and creating a theatrical meditation on the life of Dmitri Shostakovich for Theatre de Complicite. In the first of five programmes they discuss the germ of their idea.

With Jonathan Swain.

This week featuring Bach's Partitas, BWV825-30, Dowland songs and recordings by Sandor Vegh.

Vivaldi Concerto in F, RV5 74 - The King's Consort, director Robert King

10.18 Bach Partita in B flat, BWV825 - Dinu Lipatti (piano)

10.36 Bartok String Quartet No 4 - Vegh Quartet

10.59 Dowland Wilt Thou, Unkind, Thus Reave Me of My Heart?; If My Complaints Could Passions Move; Sleep, Wayward Thoughts; Come Again! Sweet Love Doth Now Invite - Alfred Deller (countertenor), Deller Consort

11.12 Tippett Suite in D (For the Birthday of Prince Charles) - Chicago Symphony Orchestra, conductor Georg Solti

Graeme Kay introduces the first of five programmes this week featuring five of the world's top conductors and orchestras in a series of mostly late-Romantic works.

Mahler Symphony No 2 (Resurrection) - Anna Netrebko (soprano), Olga Borodina (mezzo), Kirov Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Valery Gergiev

Susan Sharpe introduces this week's recital from the Wigmore Hall, London.

Borodin Quartet

Webern Langsamer Satz

Borodin String Quartet No 2 in D

Schubert Quartettsatz in C minor, D703

(Repeated Saturday 1pm)

Webern Passacaglia, Op 1

Schoenberg Chamber Symphony No 1

Shostakovich Cello Concerto No 1 - Steven Isserlis, conductor Mark Wigglesworth

Rachmaninov Symphony No 1 in D minor - Conductor Tadaaki Otaka

Literary critic Peggy Reynolds explores operas which feature jokers and Sorcerers.

With Sean Rafferty.

Music includes at 5.00 Mozart's Overture: The Magic Flute; at 5.50 Bruch's Romance for viola and orchestra, Op 85; and at 6.10 Massenet's Suite No 3 (Scenes Dramatiques).

John Drummond presents an evening of programmes celebrating the piano music of Rachmaninov, regarded by some as the greatest pianist of the 20th century. At the core of the evening is an unusual event from the Piano 2000 festival at the Bridgewater Hall, Manchester - all four of his piano concertos played in one evening. During his lifetime Rachmaninov appeared serious, sombre and melancholic. He died thinking himself a failure as a composer. Critic David Fanning and Rachmaninov biographer Geoffrey Norris join Sir John Drummond to discuss the composer's legacy.

BBC Philharmonic, conductor Vassily Sinaisky

7.30 John Drummond and his guests explore Rachmaninov's reputation, at its lowest in the years after his death.

7.40 Piano Concerto No 1 in F sharp minor - Stephen Hough (piano)

8.10 Piano Concerto No 2 in C minor - Martin Roscoe (piano)

8.40 John Drummond and his guests discuss Rachmaninov's reputation as a composer for the piano.

9.00 Piano Concerto No 3 in D minor - Nelson Goerner (piano)

9.40 Piano Concerto No 4 in G minor - Howard Shelley (piano)

10.20 Rachmaninov claimed that each piano piece "has a culminating point or tochka, which may be at the end or middle, it may be loud or soft, but must be approached with absolute precision or the whole performance crumbles."
John Drummond and his guests select classic Rachmaninov performances, ending with his 1934 recording of his own Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, with the Philadelphia Orchestra, conducted by Leopold Stokowski.

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Alyn Shipton talks to percussionist Trilok Gurtu and profiles American pianist Kenny Baron, who is featured in concert later this week. And Dave Gelly presents the latest jazz news.

With Jonathan Swain.

12.05am Lindley Evans, arr. Goodman Idyll

12.15 Stravinsky The Firebird

12.45 Sweelinck Psalm 42; Psalm 122

1.00 Haydn Variations in F minor

Beethoven Piano Sonata in E, Op 7

Schubert Piano Sonata in D, D850

Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody No 11 in A minor

Schubert Impromptu in E flat minor, D899 No 2

2.35 Telemann Concerto in D for two horns

2.50 Dohnanyi Ruralia Hungarica

3.15 Kodaly Duo for violin and cello, Op 7

3.40 Renier L'Indifference Punie

4.00 Rachmaninov Variations on a Theme of Corelli

4.20 Paul Gilson Symphony (The Sea)

5.00 Chopin Polonaise in B flat minor, Op posth.

5.10 Lindberg Decorrente

5.25 Geminiani Concerto Grosso No 12 in D minor (Folia)

5.40 Tchaikovsky Fantasy Overture: Romeo and Juliet