With Edward Seckerson.

Rachmaninov Nocturne in C minor - Leslie Howard (piano)

6.30 Ravel Piano Trio - Vladimir Ashkenazy, Itzhak Perlman (violin), Lynn Harrell (cello)

7.00 Weber Overture: Oberon - Philharmonia Orchestra, conductor Neeme Jarvi

7.30 Schumann Konzertstuck in F, Op 86 - Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique, conductor John Eliot Gardiner

8.00 Dvorak Overture: Othello - Berlin PO, conductor Claudio Abbado

8.30 Tchaikovsky The Tempest - Russian National Orchestra/Mikhail Pletnev

Handel Overture, Minuet and Ghigg (Berenice) - Collegium Musicum 90, director Simon Standage

9.10 Luigini Ballet Egyptien - RPO, conductor Anatole Fistoulari

9.35 Haydn Spring (The Seasons) - Andreas Schmidt (bass), Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner

9.40 Ireland Epic March - LSO, conductor Richard Hickox

9.50 Ibert Cinq Pieces en Trio - London Wind Trio

10.00 Britten Simple Symphony - ASMF, director Kenneth Sillito

10.15 Ernesto Lecuona Three Waltzes - Kathryn Stott (piano)

10.25 Bach Cantata No 202: Weichet Nur, Betrubte Schatten (Wedding Cantata) - Emma Kirkby (soprano), Taverner Players, director Andrew Parrott

10.55 Chopin Three Waltzes, Op 70 - Tamas Vasary (piano)

11.05 Eric Fogg Bassoon Concerto - Margaret Pollock, BBC Concert Orchestra, conductor Barry Wordsworth

11.30 Richard Hygons Salve Regina - The Sixteen, director Harry Christophers

11.45 Debussy Nocturnes - Cleveland Orchestra, conductor Vladimir Ashkenazy

As the Arts Council of England devolves power to the regional arts boards, Ivan Hewett discusses the position for music institutions around the country. Plus how the anniversary of Bach's death is being marked in his homeland.

A recital given last week in the Royal Festival Hall, London.

Murray Perahia (piano)

Bach Goldberg Variations, BWV988

Bach, transcr Busoni Chorale Preludes: Wachet Auf, Ruft Uns die Stimme, BWV645; Nun Komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV659; Nun Freut Euch, Lieben Christen, BWV734a; Ich Ruf zu Dir, BWV639

Stravinsky's completion of three Sacrae Cantiones by Gesualdo de Venosa.

Neths Chamber Choir/Reinbert de Leeuw

David Huckvale introduces performances from the BBC archives. Today he focuses on the Italian conductor Carlo Maria Giulini.

Verdi Overture: I Vespri Siciliani - New Philharmonia Orchestra (1964)

Vivaldi Spring (The Four Seasons) - Theo Olaf (violin), Hague Residentie Orchestra (1958)

Bach Agnus Dei (Mass in B minor, BWV232) - Janet Baker (contralto), New Philharmonia Chorus and Orchestra (1972)

Musorgsky, orch Ravel Pictures at an Exhibition (excerpt) - Philharmonia Orchestra (1961)

Simon Preston explores the sound of the organ in Bach's time.

Neil Corcoran re-examines the work and reputation of Anglo-Irish novelist and short story writer Elizabeth Bowen. She was eclipsed by the first great modernist generation and frequently denounced as elitist, but Corcoran argues that her work reflects the anxieties of cultural identity, rootlessness and displacement which are at the heart of modern literature.
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Rptd from yesterday 12 noon

Karl Kraus's masterpiece tells the story of man's inhumanity to man across the whole canvas of the First World War.

(Part 2 next Sunday 7.30pm)
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Paul Guinery presents the first of two programmes reflecting some of the themes from BBC2's Seeing Salvation series.

Byrd O Magnum Mysterium - Monteverdi Choir/John Eliot Gardiner

James MacMillan Magnificat - Choir of St John's College, Cambridge, Wells Cathedral Choir, BBCPO/the Composer

Britten Noel (A Boy Was Born) - The Sixteen, Choristers from St Paul's Cathedral/Harry Christophers

John Browne Jhesu, Mercy - The Sixteen/Harry Christophers

Bach Motet: Jesu, Meine Freude, BWV227 - BBC Singers/Stephen Cleobury

Victoria Tenebrae Responses (excerpts) - Tallis Scholars/Peter Phillips

MacMillan Woman, Behold Your Son (Seven Last Words from the Cross) - Polyphony, LCO/the Composer

Part St John Passion (excerpt) - Hilliard Ensemble, Western Wind Chamber Choir/Paul Hillier

Georgina Ferry presents a new series exploring scientific developments in a cultural context.

Much science depends on making the unseen visible, but can such pictures mislead?

Conductor Peter Maxwell Davies

Peter Maxwell Davies The Beltane Fire; Caroline Mathilde: Suite No 2

With Susan Sharpe.

1.00 Schubert Rosamunde, D797 (excerpts); Mirjam Siegesgesang

Reger Geistliche Gesange, Op 110 (excerpt)

Strauss Deutsche Motette, Op 62

2.00 Wieniawski Violin Concerto No 1 in F sharp minor

2.30 Latenas Agnus Dei

2.40 Mahler Symphony No 5

3.50 CPE Bach Sinfonia in D, H585

4.00 Mozart String Quartet in G, K38

4.30 Grieg Wedding Dayat Troldhaugen (Lyric Pieces, Op 65)

4.40 Bizet Parle-Moi de Ma Mere (Carmen)

4.50 Rachmaninov Prelude in F sharp minor, Op 23 No 1

5.00 Debussy, arr Greissle Prelude a l'Apres-Midi d'un Faune

5.10 Martinu Etudes and Polkas, Books 1-3

5.40 Schmeltzer Suite No 2 in D; Sonate Cucu

5.50 August Enna Overture: The Match Girl