With Penny Gore.

Jeronimo Gimenez Intermedio (El Baile de Luis Alonso) - Los Romeros

6.35 Gounod Petite Symphonie - Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra/Christopher Hogwood

7.10 Vivaldi Nulla in Mundo Pax Sincera, RV630 - Emma Kirkby (soprano), Academy of Ancient Music, director Simon Preston

7.45 Mendelssohn Variations Serieuses, Op 54 - Murray Perahia (piano)

8.10 J. Strauss (son), arr Schoenberg Kaiserwalzer, Op 437 - Alan Berg Quartet

8.40 Rimsky-Korsakov Capriccio Espagnol - Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, conductor Neeme Jarvi

Claudio Monteverdi published his first works at the age of 15, in the first programme this week, Donald Macleod explores his early years.

Motet: Lapidabant Stephanum - Gerard Lesne (countertenor), Josep Benet (tenor), Josep Cabre (baritone)

Canzonet: Qual Si Puo Dir - Concerto delle Dame di Ferrara, director Sergio Vartolo

Vattene Pur, Crudel; O Primavera, Gioventu de l'Anno (Madrigals, Book 3) - Consort of Musicke, director Anthony Rooley

La Piaga C 'Ho nel Core; Voi Pur da Me Partite, Anima Dura; Ohime, Se Tanto Amate (Madrigals, Book 4) - Concerto Italiano, director Rinaldo Alessandrini

O Mirtillo, Anima Mia (Madrigals, Book 5) - Concerto Vocale, director Rene Jacobs

Orfeo (excerpt) - Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor), Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo), Mark Tucker and Nigel Robson (tenors), Michael Chance (countertenor), Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts, conductor John Eliot Gardiner

This week film and TV screenwriter Howard Schuman is working simultaneously on three scripts.

With Stephanie Hughes. Featuring music by Holst and recordings by Carlo Maria Giulini.

Rossini Overture: The Silken Ladder - Philharmonia Orchestra/Carlo Maria Giulini

10.13 Holst The Hymn of Jesus - BBC Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Adrian Boult

10.36 Verdi String Quartet in E minor - Hagen Quartet

11.01 Verdi E Strano. ...Sempre Libera (La Traviata, Act 1) - Maria Callas (soprano), Giuseppe di Stefano (tenor), Orchestra of La Scala, Milan, conductor Carlo Maria Giulini

11.12 Boccherini Symphony in C minor - Philharmonia Orchestra, conductor Carlo Maria Giulini

Graeme Kay presents the first of five programmes this week featuring performances from music festivals in Austria and Germany.

Bruckner Abendzauber - Eric Ericson Chamber Choir and Horn Quartet, conductor Eric Ericson

Bach Prelude and Fugue in A (The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1)

Shostakovich Preludes and Fugues, Op 87: Nos 2, 21 and 16 - Olli Mustonen (piano)

Haydn Una Donna Come Me (Il Mondo della Luna) - Bernarda Fink (soprano), New Austro-Hungarian Haydn PO/Trevor Pinnock

Schubert String Quartet in G, D887 Petersen QuartetÂ

Stephanie Hughes introduces this week's recital from the Wigmore Hall, London.

Imogen Cooper (piano)

Mozart Fantasia in C minor, K475

Beethoven Piano Sonata in F, Op 10 No 2

Brahms Seven Fantasies, Op 116

(Repeated Saturday 1pm)

This week featuring English music.

Vaughan Williams Overture: The Wasps - Conductor Andrew Davis

Tippett Piano Concerto - Peter Donohoe, conductor Vernon Handley

Bax Tintagel - Conductor Vernon Handley

Elgar Symphony No 1 in A flat - Conductor Andrew Davis

Many composers have found inspiration in writing for particular artists, but the relationship between Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears was unique. Michael White traces the course of their partnership and plays excerpts from Britten's operas and from works by other composers.

With Sean Rafferty.

Music includes at 5.05 Chopin's Polonaise in A, Op 40 No 1, played by Maurizio Pollini; at 5.40 Dvorak's The Noonday Witch, Op 108, performed by the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra under Nikolaus Harnoncourt; and at 6.00 Vivaldi's Cello Concerto in F, RV544 (Il Proteo), played by Christophe Coin with Il Giardino Armonico directed by Giovanni Antonini.

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Petroc Trelawny introduces a concert given on Saturday in Leeds Town Hall.

Constance Hauman (soprano), Margaret McDonald (contralto), Christopher Gillet and Andrew Murgatroyd (tenors), Lyndon Terracini (bass), John Harle (saxophone), Leeds Festival Chorus, BBCPO, conductor Simon Wright

Dominic Muldowney The Fall of Jerusalem (first performance)

Mozart Requiem in D minor, K626

Leif Ove Andsnes plays a selection from Grieg's Lyric Pieces, Op 43 and Op 54.

Isobel Hilton meets the writer described as America's answer to Proust - Edmund White, author of A Boy's Own Story and biographer of Genet. He talks about his new novel The Married Man, which tells the story of an American finding romance in Paris. Plus a look at how the now deserted Blasket Islands - Ireland's most westerly landmark - remain an important influence on Irish imagination and writing.

Ten years ago John Tarns and Jim Boyes founded No Masters, a songwriting and recording co-operative celebrating music with traditional roots. Fiona Talkington looks back through their album releases over the last ten years, including tracks from Coope, Boyes and Simpson.

Alyn Shipton talks to pianist Junior Mance about his life in jazz, which has included work with names such as Dizzy Gillespie and Lionel Hampton.

With Susan Sharpe.

12.05am Balakirev Islamey

12.15 Dvorak Symphony No 7 in D minor

1.00 Mozart Serenade in C minor, K388 Janacek Mladi

Mendelssohn, arr Walter String Quartet in A minor, Op 13

Falla Ritual Fire Dance

Van den Roost, arr Walter Rikudim

2.20 Courthard, orch Baker Four Irish Songs

2.30 Naumann Harpsichord Concerto in B flat

2.50 Christoph Bernard Missa Durch Adams Fall

3.00-5.00 Schools
3.00 Music Box
3.15 Something to Think About
3.30 The Song Tree
3.45 Stories and Rhymes
4.00 Tales from Europe
4.30 Hopscotch
4.45 Scottish Resources 7-9

5.00 Mozart Overture: The Marriage of Figaro

5.10 Hellendaal Cello Sonata in C, Op 5 No 7

5.20 Leslie Pearson Dance Suite

5.30 Sibelius En Saga

5.50 Grieg From Early Years (Lyric Pieces, Op 65 No 1)