With Edward Seckerson.

Monteverdi Venite, Videte Maria - Cristina Kiehr (soprano), Concerto Soave, conductor Jean-Marc Aymes

6.45 Finzi Elegy - Levon Chilingirian (violin), Clifford Benson (piano)

7.00 Fibich Spring, Op 13 - Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor Frantisek Vajnar

7.30 Goldmark Violin Concerto - Joshua Bell, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen

8.00 Nielsen Overture: Helios - Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, conductor Neeme Jarvi

8.35 Debussy Iberia (Images) - Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra conductor Bernard Haitink

Offenbach Overture: La Fille du Tambour-Major - Vienna SO, conductor Bruno Weil

9.15 Bach Harpsichord Concerto in D, BWV1054 - English Concert, director Trevor Pinnock (harpsichord)

9.35 Ernest Farrar Rhapsody No 1: The Open Road - Philharmonia Orchestra, conductor Alasdair Mitchell

9.50 G Gabrieli Sonata XX a 22 - The King's Consort, director Robert King

10.00 Cimarosa, arr Benjamin Oboe Concerto in C minor - Nicholas Daniel, Peterborough String Orchestra

10.10 J. Strauss (son) Waltz: Fruhlingstimmen - Rita Streich (soprano), Berlin Royal Symphony Orchestra, conductor Kurt Gaebel

10.25 Howells Paradise Rondel - London Symphony Orchestra, conductor Richard Hickox

10.35 Bach Cantata No 212: Mer Hahn en Neue Oberkeet (Peasant Cantata) - Elly Ameling (soprano), Siegmund Nimsgern (bass), Collegium Aureum

11.10 Verdi Dance Music (Aida) - BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Edward Downes

11.30 Finzi Clarinet Concerto - Emma Johnson, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Charles Groves

12.00 Bernstein Three Dance Episodes (On the Town) - St Louis Symphony Orchestra, conductor Leonard Slatkin

As Deborah Warner's staging of the St John Passion opens at English National Opera, Ivan Hewett looks at the connections between music and theatre in Bach's music and also discusses whether Pierre Boulez, who turns 75 this weekend, has cast a shadow over the contemporary music scene.

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Radio 3's celebration of the music of Bach brings together performances from seven different countries, coordinated by the European Broadcasting Union. Introduced by Anthony Burton.

Belgium
From the Chapel of the Episcopal Seminar in Ghent, a selection of motets by Bach and the Flemish and German composers who influenced him, such as Lassus and Hassler.
Currende, director Erik van Nevel

3.00 Austria
From Austrian Radio, Vienna, a selection of music from the Klavierbuchlein which Bach and his family would have played at home. The concert includes the aria Schlummert Ein, Ihr Matter Augen (Anna Magdalena Notebook).
Gundula Anders (soprano), Wolf Matthias Friedrich (bass), Wolfgang Gluxam (harpsichord)

4.00 Denmark
From the Garnisons Kirke in Copenhagen, one of Bach's best-loved motets, Singet dem Herrn, BWV225, plus vocal works by Schutz and Buxtehude.
Bine Bryndorf (organ), Danish National Radio Choir, director Stefan Parkman

5.00 France
From the Chapelle Royale at Versailles a concert featuring chamber music by Rameau and Bach.
Ensemble Baroque de Limoges, director Christophe Coin

6.00 United Kingdom
The BBC's own contribution to this special day features the Palladian Ensemble in a concert from St Paul's Church in Knightsbridge.
Pamela Thorby (recorder), Rachel Podger (violin), Susanne Heinrich (viola da gamba), William Carter (archlute/theorbo)

Bach Trio Sonata in G, BWV530

Abel Viola da Gamba Sonata

Handel Trio Sonata in F, Op 2 No 4Â

Bach Trio Sonata in C, BWV529

7.00 Switzerland
From Lugano in the Italian-speaking canton of Ticino, a concert reflecting Bach's interest in Italy, including the motet Tilge, Hochster, Meine Sunden. Nancy Argenta (soprano), Guillemette Laurens (mezzo), Duilio Galfetti (violin), Ensemble I Barocchisti, Swiss Radio Chorus, director Diego Fasoiis

8.00 Canada
A concert from the Pierre Mercure Hall in Montreal, featuring five of Bach's Brandenburg Concertos in an edition prepared by Gregory Butler, which returns to the original sources for a reassessment of these famous works.
Ensemble Arion, director Hank Knox
Brandenburg Concertos: No 4 in G, BWV1049; No 6 in B flat, BWV1051;Â No 5 in D, BWV1050; No 1 in F, BWV1046; No 3 in G, BWV1048

Brian Kay on 250 years of Bach: page 48

The Almeida Theatre's production of Neil Labute's trilogy of one-act plays.

Medea Redux
A woman tells of her relationship with her high-school teacher.

Iphigenia in Orem
A businessman confesses his crime to a stranger in a Las Vegas hotel.

A Gaggle of Saints
A Mormon couple's account of violence at a party in New York.

Gordon Fergus-Thompson performs a selection of piano preludes by Scriabin.

In the last of the series, Areg Hijjawi meets singer Walid Toufic, who devotes much of his time to patriotic causes in Lebanon, yet his popularity extends across the Arab world.

A concert of music for brass and organ, recorded at the 1995 St Albans Festival, including works by Koechlin and Rossini.

Christopher Bowers-Broadbent (organ), Gabrieli Brass Ensemble, director Christopher Larkin
(R)

With Susan Sharpe.

1.00 Boris Papandopulo Croatian Mass in D minor, Op 86

2.05 Marius Flothius Sonnet, Op 9

2.15 Lutoslawski Symphony No 2

2.45 Dvorak Slavonic Dances, Op 46

3.25 Mozart Clarinet Quintet in A, K581

3.55 Giacches de Wert Peccavi super Numerum Morales Andreas Christi Famulus

4.05 Mion Suite: Nitetis

4.25 Beethoven Piano Concerto No 4 in G

5.05 Bach Prelude, BWV998; Villa-Lobos Guitar Etudes Nos 1 and 2

5.15 Boccherini Harpsichord Concerto in E flat

5.35 Schubert Nur Wer die Sennsucht Kennt, D 877 No 4; Bei Dir Allein

5.40 Haydn Symphony No 11 in E flat