With Edward Seckerson.

Chopin Nocturne in G minor, Op 15 No 3 - Leslie Howard (piano)

6.35 Schubert Symphony No 8 in B minor (Unfinished) - Berlin PO, conductor Karl Bohm

7.00 Stravinsky Concerto in D (Basle Concerto) - Montreal Sinfonietta, conductor Charles Dutoit

7.30 Schumann Symphony No 4 in D minor - Dresden Staatskapelle, conductor Wolfgang Sawallisch

8.00 William Schuman American Festival Overture - Los Angeles PO, conductor Leonard Bernstein

8.30 Mozart Symphony No 25 in G minor - Prague CO, conductor Charles Mackerras

Bizet Prelude (L'Arlesienne: Suite No 1) - Montreal SO, conductor Charles Dutoit

9.15 Mendelssohn Rondo Capriccioso in E, Op 14 - Jorge Bolet (piano)

9.20 Albinoni Violin Concerto in B flat, Op 9 No 1 - Andrew Manze, Academy of Ancient Music, director Christopher Hogwood

9.35 Messager Suite: Les Deux Pigeons - Royal Opera House Orchestra, conductor Charles Mackerras

10.05 Mozart Horn Concerto No 1 in D, K412 - Dennis Brain, Philharmonia Orchestra, conductor Herbert von Karajan

10.20 Sibelius Valse Lyrique, Op 96 No 1 - SNO, conductor Alexander Gibson

10.30 Bach Cantata No 211: Schweigt Stille, Plaudert Nicht (Coffee Cantata)
- Julia Varady (soprano), Aldo Baldin (tenor), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), ASMF, director Neville Marriner

11.00 Ives Putnam's Camp (Three Places in New England) - Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

11.10 Poulenc Suite Francaise (after Gervaise) - London Wind Orchestra, director Denis Wick

11.40 Schumann Symphony No 1 in B flat (Spring) - Academy of St Martin in the Fields, director Neville Marriner

Ivan Hewett previews Kenneth Branagh's new film Love's Labours Lost and asks whether Shakespeare's play works as a musical. Plus a report on Moscow's plans to build a major new cultural centre despite Russia's financial crisis. And as Stephen Sondheim turns 70, a discussion about his contribution to the American musical.

From the Wigmore Hall, London, a recital given in January by one of the leading pianists of the younger generation in the second of three concerts featuring the music of Bach and Beethoven.
Till Fellner (piano)
Bach Preludes and Fugues: No 9 in E; No 10 in E minor; No 11 in F; No 12 in F minor (Well-tempered Clavier, Book 1)
Beethoven Sonata in E, Op 109
Bach Preludes and Fugues: No 13 in F sharp; No 14 in F sharp minor; No 15 in G; No 16 in G minor (Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1)
Beethoven Sonata in B flat, Op 106 (Hammerklavier)

David Mellor talks to Wayne Marshall, who pays tribute to the musical idols who gave him the courage to branch out, including the American organist and jazz pianist Virgil Fox, the conductor Andre Previn and the singer-songwriter Stevie Wonder.

Vierne Symphony No 2 in E minor (Scherzo) - Virgil Fox (organ)

Jongen Symphonie Concertante (1st mvt) - Virgil Fox (organ), Paris Opera Orchestra, conductor Georges Pretre

Gershwin Piano Concerto in F - LSO, conductor Andre Previn (piano)

Horowitz Variations on Bizet's "Carmen" - Vladimir Horowitz (piano)

Stevie Wonder I Wish (Songs in the Key of Life)

Ivan Hewett examines Bach's fascination with numbers, symmetry and proportion in some of his most intricate music, including The Art of Fugue, BWV1080, and The Musical Offering, BWV1079.

The writer Michele Roberts explores the public and private meanings of one of the most controversial and enigmatic paintings of the 19th century - Edouard Manet's Le Dejeuner sur l'Herbe. The programme looks at Manet's famous outdoor nude and considers its real-life protagonists, exploring its references to previous paintings and presenting the work as a barometer testing the sexual and political climate of Paris in the 1860s.

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Anne Michael's award-winning story of love, exile, concealment, loss and the damage inflicted by the Holocaust on the lives of two survivors. With Timothy Ackroyd, John Hug, Dee Hart and Ray Singer.
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Mozart Adagio in C for cor anglais and string trio, K580a

Lennox Berkeley Horn Trio, Op 44

Ibert Cinq Pieces en Trio

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Paul Guinery introduces the rarely performed oratorio of Christ's Passion by the Swiss composer Frank Martin. The largest of his biblical settings and the third of his five oratorios, the work relates the events of Passion Week from Palm Sunday to the Crucifixion in seven pictures, which are interleaved with contemplative settings of meditations by St Augustine.

Kathleen Cassello (soprano), Alexandra Papadjiakou (mezzo), Daniel Galvez-Vallejo (tenor), Guy Fletcher (tenor), Gilles Cachemaille (baritone), Christophe Fel (bass), Felix Friedrich (organ), MDR Choir and Orchestra, conductor Marcello Viotti

Martin Golgotha

In the series of programmes on the singers of Beirut, Aref Hijjawi meets Fadia El-Hage, whose singing career embraces music from both eastern and western traditions, and composer Ziad Bhoutros, whose songs of resistance are popular across the Arab world.

Beethoven String Quartet in F, Op 18 No 1

Shostakovich String Quartet No 7, Op 108

Bartok String Quartet No 4

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With Susan Sharpe.

1.00 Martin Le Vin Herbe

2.45 Rudolf Escher String Trio; Le Tombeau de Ravel

3.30 Elgar Variations on an Original Theme (Enigma)

Handel Samson (excerpt); Recorder Sonata in C, Op 1 No 7

4.20 Bach Suonatina in C (Per Offertorio e Postcommunio)

4.40 Pfitzner Symphony No 2 in C, Op 46

5.00 Ravel, arr Gillet Piece en forme de Habanera

5.10 Britten Les Illuminations

5.30 Martin Quatre Pieces Breves

5.40 Auric, arr Lane Suite: It Always Rains on Sunday