With Penny Gore.

Rachmaninov Lilacs, Op 21 No 5; Daisies, Op 38 No 3 - Howard Shelley (piano)

6.40 Ravel Bolero - Berlin Philharmonic, conductor Herbert von Karajan

7.10 Haydn Symphony No 6 in D (Le Matin) - Hanover Band, conductor Roy Goodman

7.50 Vivaldi Credo in E minor, RV591 - Choristers and Choir of the King's Consort, conductor Robert King

8.00 Glinka Overture: Ruslan and Lyudmila - Chicago SO, conductor Fritz Reiner

8.25 Albinoni Concerto in C for oboes, strings and continuo, Op 7 No 11 - Heinz Holliger and Maurice Bourgue (oboes), I Musici

Monteverdi is widely credited as the first important operatic composer. Today Donald Macleod explores the stories behind Monteverdi's great works for the stage.

Orfeo (excerpt)
Orfeo Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor)
Euridice Julianne Baird (soprano)
Spirit I Howard Milner (tenor)
Spirit II John Tomlinson (bass)
English Baroque Soloists, His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts, conductor John Eliot Gardiner

Lamento d'Arianna I Fagiolini
Il Ballo delle Ingrate - Red Byrd, Parley of Instruments, director Peter Holman

The film screenwriter Howard Schuman continues work on his three projects.

With Stephanie Hughes.

Holst A Somerset Rhapsody - ECO/Yehudi Menuhin

10.16 Verdi Stabat Mater - Philharmonia Chorus and Orchestra/Carlo Maria Giulini

10.31 Balakirev Islamey - Andrei Gavrilov (piano)

10.39 Holst Beni Mora - LPO/Adrian Boult

10.58 Verdi Son lo, Mio Carlo.... A Te la Spada lo Rendo (Don Carlos) - Placido Domingo (tenor), Sherrill Milnes (baritone), Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Carlo Maria Giulini

11.12 Holst Ballet Music: The Golden Goose - ECO/Imogen Holst

Graeme Kay presents performances given at the Schwetzingen, Linz and Eisenstadt festivals and at the Feldkirch Schubertiade.

Schutz Herzlich Lieb Hab Ich Dich, O Herr - Andreas Scholl (countertenor), Basle Consort and Viol Consort

Haydn String Quartet in D, Op 76 No 5 - Hagen Quartet

Spohr Six German Songs, Op 103 - Juliane Banse (soprano), Paul Meyer (clarinet), Wolfram Rieger (piano)

Schoenberg Friede auf Erden - Eric Ericson Chamber Choir, conductor Eric Ericson

Haydn Symphony No 102 in B flat - New Austro-Hungarian Haydn Philharmonic, conductor Trevor Pinnock

Chris de Souza introduces the third concert in the series of lunchtime concerts from Symphony Hall, Birmingham, given in January by the Skampa Quartet

Mozart String Quartet in G, K387

Mendelssohn String Quartet in E minor, Op 44 No 2

Elgar Suite: The Crown of India - Conductor Tadaaki Otaka

Britten Four Sea Interludes; Passacaglia (Peter Grimes) - Conductor Mark Wigglesworth

Britten Piano Concerto - Martin Roscoe, conductor Tadaaki Otaka

Elgar Variations on an Original Theme (Enigma) - Conductor Mark Wigglesworth

Iain Burnside presents an exploration of the poetry of W.H. Auden in speech and song. With readings by Simon Russell Beale.

Sally Matthews (soprano), Christine Rice (mezzo), Jeffrey Lloyd-Roberts (tenor), Roderick Williams (baritone), Iain Burnside (piano)

Britten Seascape; Now the Leaves Are Falling Fast; Fish in the Unruffled Lakes; Tell Me the Truth about Love; Let the Florid Music Praise; Calypso; Nocturne

Lennox Berkeley O Lurcher-Loving Collier; Eyes Look into the Well; Carry Her over the Water; Lauds

Elizabeth Lutyens Refugee Blues

Betty Roe Stop All the Clocks

Hans Werner Henze In Memoriam LKA

With Sean Rafferty. Music includes at 5.05 Mozart's Divertimento in D, K136 performed by the Hagen Quartet; at 6.00 Cherubini's Overture: Anacreon played by the Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Otto Klemperer; and at 6.45 Soler's Fandango in D minor played by harpischordist Andreas Staier.

Petroc Trelawny introduces a concert from the Bridgewater Hall, Manchester.

Susan Chilcott (soprano), Monica Groop (mezzo), Adrian Thompson (tenor), Michael George (bass), The Sixteen, BBC Philharmonic, conductor Harry Christophers

Copland Fanfare for the Common Man

Barber Agnus Dei (arr from Adagio for Strings)

Stravinsky Symphony of Psalms

8.10 Twenty Minutes: Philosophical Inquiries: 1: Perfection and Perfectability
Three talks by distinguished thinkers. Professor Lydia Goehr of Columbia University argues against the Enlightenment ideal of perfection.

8.30 Beethoven Mass in C, Op 86

Richard Coles examines the function of morality in Britain, where traditional religious belief is rapidly disappearing.

Paul Boateng, Will Hutton, Julia Neuberger and Nigel Biggar take to the stage at London's Purcell Room to discuss where our future morality may come from.

Late-night listening with Fiona Talkington, including music from one of Mali's greatest female singers - Kandia Kouyate.

Alyn Shipton introduces a studio set by the Peter Cater Big Band. Led by Cater on drums, the band is keeping the big band tradition alive with vital new arrangements and a team of inventive young soloists.

With Susan Sharpe.

12.05am Bach Orchestral Suite No 1 in C, BWV1066

12.30 Telemann Paris Quartet No 6 in E minor

12.50 Philippe de Vitry Je Qui Paoir Seule Ai de Conforter

1.00 Bach Cello Suite No 2 in D minor, BWV1008
Heinrich Bach Cantata: Ich Danke Dir, Gott

Bach Cello Suite No 5 in C minor, BWV1011

Johann Christoph Bach Cantata: Meine Freundin Du Bist Schon

2.20Â Rameau Suite in G

2.35 Dohnanyi Ruralia Hungarica

3.00-5.00 Schools

3.00 Music for Dance

3.15 Time to Move

3.35 Let's Make a Story

3.50 Drama Workshop

4.10 Maths Challenge 1

4.30 Hop, Skip and Jump

4.45 Scottish Gaelic: Am Fear Og's an Tuagh Umha, Pairt 4

5.00 Gabriel Cusson Serenade

5.10 Prokofiev Prelude, Op 12 No 7

5.20 Daquin Rondeau; Le Colin; Maillard Couperin Tic-Toc-Choc ou Les Maillotins (Pieces de Clavecin, Ordre No 18)

5.25 John Adams Harmonium