With Penny Gore.

Duparc, orch Stokowski Extase - David Gray (horn), London Symphony Orchestra, conductor Leopold Stokowski

6.30 Smetana String Quartet No 1 in E minor (From My Life) - Talich Quartet

7.00 Balakirev Islamey - Olli Mustonen (piano)

7.45 Beethoven Romance in F, Op 50 - David Oistrakh (violin), Royal Philharmonic, conductor Eugene Goosens

8.00 Buffardin Concerto a 5 in F mi -nor Musica Antiqua Koln, director Reinhard Goebel

8.45 Saint-Saens Africa Fantasy in G minor - Jean-Philippe Collard (piano), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Andre Previn

Donald Macleod begins his week of five programmes with a look at Sibelius's early years and examines how the composer became so inextricably linked to the rise of Finnish nationalism.

Piano Trio (Loviisa) Tapiola Trio

Finlandia Berlin Philharmonic, conductor Herbert von Karajan

Tiera for brass septet and percussion Members of the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, conductor Neeme Jarvi

En Saga Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, conductor Lorin Maazel

Actor, director and writer Steven Berkoff talks about writing, directing and casting his new play.

With Stephanie Hughes. This week featuring orchestral music by Bizet and recordings by Janet Baker.

Bizet Symphony in C - French National Radio Orchestra, conductor Thomas Beecham

10.34 Elgar Sea Pictures - Janet Baker (mezzo), London Symphony Orchestra, conductor John Barbirolli

11.00 Smetana Two Salon Polkas; Polka in F minor - Andras Schiff (piano)

11.08 Dukas Poeme Danse en un Tableau (Ballet: La Peri) - French National Orchestra, conductor Leonard Slatkin

The first of five programmes this week in which Piers Lane meets fellow pianists and introduces recordings made at the five-day festival of piano music Pianoworks 99.

Copland Danzon Cubano - Artur Pizarro and Stephen Coombs (pianos)

Ravel La Valse - Stephen Coombs and Frederic Chiu (piano duet)

Kenneth Leighton Fantasia on the Name BACH - Yuko Inoue (viola), Jonathan Plowright (piano)

Lecuona La Habanera (Piezas Caracteristicas); Danza Negra; La Conga de Media Noche (Danzas Afro-Cubanas) - Kathryn Stott (piano)

Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No 1 in F sharp minor - Vladimir Ovchinikov, BBC Concert Orchestra, conductor Barry Wordsworth

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

Juanita Lascarro (soprano), Roger Vignoles (piano)

A programme of songs by Strauss, Ravel and Duparc.

(Repeated Saturday 1pm)

Prokofiev Symphony No 1 (Classical) - Conductor Alexander Anissimov

Mozart Piano Concerto No 21 in C, K467 - Barry Douglas (piano), conductor Alexander Anissimov

Frank Martin Passacaglia; Pavane Couleur du Temps - Conductor Thierry Fischer

John Adams Chamber Symphony - Conductor Thierry Fischer

Ravel Suite: Ma Mere l'Oye - Conductor Proinnsias O Duinn

Michael White explores operas which feature weather as part of their dramatic scheme. Many a storm rages across the operatic stage, reflecting the inner turmoil of the characters. But how does opera depict the weather?

With Sean Rafferty.

Music includes at 5.35 Gershwin's Three Preludes played by Wayne Marshall (piano); at 6.00 Lully's Chaconne in G performed by Musica Antiqua Koln under Reinhard Goebel; and at 6.45 Borodin's Polovtsian Dances (Prince Igor) (arr Rimsky-Korsakov) played by the Toronto Symphony Orchestra under Andrew Davis.

The second of the BBC Symphony Orchestra's explorations of the music of Viennese Romantic Alexander Zemlinsky turns to his choral writing, in a concert given last night in the Royal Festival Hall, London.

Alfred Brendel (piano), BBC Symphony Chorus and Orchestra/Jiri Belohlavek

Zemlinsky Psalm 23

Mozart Piano Concerto No 20 in D minor, K466

Haydn Symphony No 96 in D (Miracle)

Zemlinsky Psalm 13

Uuno Klami Sea Pictures - Finnish RSO, conductor Leif Segerstam

Will this century prove to be the African century? Throughout this week Night Waves hears from cultural figures across the continent about the development and change in different areas of African life. And Isobel Hilton reports on Modern Greeks in Glasgow, as three of Scotland's leading writers present new versions of plays by Sophocles and Euripides.

With Verity Sharp. L. Shankar plays his specially designed ten-string double violin in Ragam-Tanam-Pallavi with Zakir Hussain (tabla) and Umayalpuram K Sivaraman (mridangam).

Alyn Shipton talks to guitarist Pat Metheny about his new acoustic jazz album Trio 99-00 on the eve of his UK tour with bassist Larry Grenadier and drummer Bill Stewart. And Dave Gelly presents this month's jazz news.

With Susan Sharpe.

12.05am Van Hoof Overture: Willem de Zwijger

12.10 Lassus Motet: Aurora Lucis Rutilat

12.15 Doppler Souvenir de Prague

12.30 Mozart Symphony No 38 in D (Prague)

1.00 Rachmaninov Preludes and Morceaux de Fantaisie (excerpts)

Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody No 12 in C sharp minor

1.50 Albrecht Quintet

2.00 Copland Ballet Suite: Billy the Kid

2.40 Glick Divertimento for strings

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 Schumann Konzertstuck in F, Op 86Â

5.20 Dobrzynski Monbar

5.35 Strauss Suite: Der Rosenkavalier