With Tommy Pearson, including:

Ravel Pavane pour une Infante Defunte - Montreal Symphony Orchestra, conductor Charles Dutoit

6.35 Haydn String Quartet in E flat, Op 76 No 6 - Amadeus Quartet

7.05 Beethoven Romance in G, Op 40 - Arthur Grumiaux (violin), New Philharmonia Orchestra, conductor Edo de Waart

7.50 Handel Coronation Anthem: Let Thy Hand Be Strengthened, HWV259 - Choir of Westminster Abbey, English Concert, director Trevor Pinnock (organ)

8.00 Ibert Trois Pieces Breves - Reykjavik Wind Quintet

8.50 Chopin Introduction and Polonaise in C, Op 3 - Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), Martha Argerich (piano)

Debussy was not born in propitious circumstances. At one stage his parents' home was a two-room attic flat in the Pigalle district of Paris, so wealthy benefactresses played a crucial part in his life as a musician. Today Donald Macleod discusses some of the women who were important influences on Debussy's life.

Tchaikovsky, arr Debussy Danse Russe - Dag Achatz and Yukie Nagai (pianos)

Debussy La Mer - Montreal Philharmonic, conductor Charles Dutoit

Suite: Children's Corner - Walter Giesking (piano)

Simon and Gerard McBurney continue working together to create a theatrical meditation on the life of Shostakovich.

With Jonathan Swain.

Cherubini Overture: Lodoi'ska - Zurich Chamber Orchestra, conductor Howard Griffiths

10.17 Bach Partita in C minor, BWV826 - Ralph Kirkpatrick (harpsichord)

10.38 Berg Three Movements for string orchestra (Lyric Suite) - Salzburg Camerata Academica, director Sandor Vegh

10.55 Walton Coronation Te Deum - Ralph Downes (organ), Choirs of Salisbury, Winchester and Chichester Cathedrals, London Philharmonic Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Georg Solti

11.07 Bach Partita in A minor, BWV827 - Claudio Arrau (piano)

With Graeme Kay.

Bruckner Symphony No 4 in E flat (Romantic) - Conductor Herbert Blomstedt

Petroc Trelawny introduces a recital given last week at the Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, as part of the festival celebrating the many facets of the piano. Kathryn Stott (piano), London Winds

Beethoven Quintet in E flat, Op 16
Rimsky-Korsakov Quintet in B flat

Boris Berezovsky (piano), conductor Vassily Sinaisky

Glinka Overture: Ruslan and Lyudmila

Tchaikovsky Introduction, Act 2; Waltz (Eugene Onegin); Piano Concerto No 1 in B flat minor

Rimsky-Korsakov The Three Miracles (The Tale of Tsar Saltan)

Rachmaninov Symphony No 2 in E minor - Conductor Yan Pascal Tortelier

Iain Burnside presents a recital given by American soprano Christine Brewer and pianist Roger Vignoles.

Wagner Wesendonk Lieder

Joseph Marx Selige Nacht; Der Bescheidene Schafer; Marienlied; Hat Dich die Liebe Beruhrt

Menotti Canti della Lontananza

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With Sean Rafferty.

Music in this afternoon's programme includes at 5.00 Dvorak's Carnival Overture played by the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra under Rafael Kubelik; at 5.15 Handel's Nisi Dominus, HWV238, performed by Diana Montague (contralto), John Mark Ainsley (tenor) and Simon Birchall (bass) with the Chorus and Orchestra of Westminster Abbey under Simon Preston; and at 6.00 Prokofiev's Toccata, Op 11, played by Martha Argerich (piano).

Kirsteen McCue introduces the last of three concerts direct from the Queen's Hall, Edinburgh, including performances of works written by composers who travelled to the New World.

Pekka Kuusisto (violin), Raija Kerppo (piano)

Beethoven Violin Sonata in A, Op 12 No 2

Brahms Violin Sonata No 3 in D minor, Op 108

8.25 Twenty Minutes: The New Yorker at 75
The first of three selections of readings this week from one of the best-known magazines of the century - The New Yorker - which is celebrating its 75th anniversary this month.

8.45 Debussy Violin Sonata

Stravinsky Duo Concertant

In tonight's programme Richard Coles discusses David Mamet's new novel Wilson - a Consideration of the Sources, a parody of literary forms from psychoanalytical discourse to children's tales.

Late-night listening with Verity Sharp, including Songs for Drella, written by Lou Reed and John Cale in memory of Andy Warhol, thoughts on marriage from Max Lasser and Madala Kunene and thoughts on gambling from Sister OM Terrell.

Alyn Shipton introduces the first part of a concert given in the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, by pianist Kenny Barron, who is joined by Regina Carter (violin).

With Jonathan Swain.

12.05am Biber Scordatura Sonata for two violins and basso continuo

12.20 Cambini Trio, Op 45 No 1

12.30 Liszt Harp Study in D flat

12.40 Crusell Bassoon Concertino in B

1.00 Biber Sonata (Die Bauern Kirchfahrt Genandt); Battalia

Bach Brandenburg Concerto No 6 in B flat, BWV1051

Telemann Trio in A minor

Vivaldi Sonata in D minor, Op 1 No 12 (La Follia)

Telemann Concerto in A minor

Biber Ciacona: Der Nachtwachter

2.15 Sweelinck Motet: Vide Homo, Quae pro Te Patior

2.25 Franck Prelude, Fugue and Variations

2.35 Mahler Symphony No 7

3.55 Berio Folk Songs

4.20 Beethoven Symphony No 7 in A

5.00 Malcolm Forsyth Jubilee Overture

5.10 Nielsen Flute Concerto

5.40 Haydn Mass in B flat, H XXII 7 (Little Organ)