With Penny Gore.

6.00 Bach Brandenburg Concerto No 2 in F, BWV104 - English Chamber Orchestra, conductor Benjamin Britten

6.40 Beethoven Piano Sonata in C sharp minor, Op 27 No 2 (Moonlight) - Emil Gilels (piano)

7.00 Handel Concerto Grosso in B minor, Op 6 No 12 - English Concert, director Trevor Pinnock

7.50 Martinu Variations on a Theme of Rossini - Janos Starker (cello), Gyorg Sebok (piano)

8.00 Gorecki Amen, Op 34 - Choir of King's College, Cambridge, director Stephen Cleobury

8.45 Prokofiev Piano Concerto No 1 - Evgeny Kissin, Berlin Philharmonic, conductor Claudio Abbado

The first of five programmes this week in which Donald Macleod looks at music at the Dresden court of Augustus the Strong, elector of Saxony from 1694 and, briefly, king of Poland in the early 18th century. His patronage of the arts attracted the finest artists - painters, architects and musicians - and the court orchestra's reputation spread the length and breadth of Europe.

Heinichen Nisi Dominus - Jorg Durmuller (tenor) Musica Antiqua Koln, director Reinhard Goebel

Veracini Ouverture No 2 in F - Musica Antiqua Koln, director Reinhard Goebel

Pisendel Violin Concerto in D - Roland Straumer (violin), Virtuosi Saxoniae, director Ludwig Guttler

Zelenka Laudate Pueri in D, ZWV81 (Easter Vespers Psalm) - Peter Schreier (tenor), Virtuosi Saxoniae, director Ludwig Guttler (trumpet)

In five programmes this week poet Jo Shapcott talks about the project that has engaged her for the last ten years - a series of translations of Rilke's French poems.

With Jonathan Swain.

This week featuring piano music by Granados and recordings by Benny Goodman.

Handel Concerto Grosso in C, HWV318 (Alexander's Feast) - English Concert, director Trevor Pinnock

10.19 Handel Va Tacito (Giulio Cesare) - Andreas Scholl (countertenor), Berlin Academy of Ancient Music

10.27 Mozart Clarinet Concerto in A, K622 - Benny Goodman, Boston Symphony Orchestra, conductor Charles Munch

10.57 Granados Goyescas, Book 1 - Eduardo del Pueyo (piano)

Tommy Pearson presents a week of programmes looking at the work being done in Britain's music colleges. Today he visits the Royal College of Music in London and introduces chamber works by Mozart, Janacek and Dutilleux and a new work commissioned from a current RCM rising star, Huw Watkins. The Royal College of Music Symphony Orchestra under Edwin Roxburgh play Boulez's Figures-Doubles-Prismes in celebration of the composer's 75th birthday last month, and Royal College of Music professor of singing Thomas Allen leads a Mozart masterclass.

Fiona Talkington introduces this week's recital from the Wigmore Hall, London.

Brentano Quartet

Shostakovich String Quartet No 3

Mozart String Quartet in G, K387

(Repeated Saturday 1pm)

Rivier Le Dejeuner sur l'Herbe - Conductor Proinnsias O Duinn

Massenet Ballet Music: Le Cid - Conductor Warwick Stengards

Berlioz Les Nuits 'Ete - Barbara Hendricks (soprano), conductor Dmitri Sitkovetsky

Poulenc Suite: Les Biches - Conductor Jan Latham Koenig

Widor Symphony No 3 in C minor (Organ) - Stephen Farr (organ), conductor Warwick Stengards

Michael White celebrates the 21st birthday of Opera North and introduces music by Walton, Musorgsky, Gerhard and Constant Lambert. Performers include Bryn Terfel, John Tomlinson and Sally Burgess. Plus Harry Enfield's guide to opera.

With Humphrey Carpenter.

Music includes at 5.40 Delius's Brigg Fair played by the Halle Orchestra conducted by Vernon Handley; at 6.00 Mozart's Overture: Idomeneo performed by the Academy of St Martin in the Fields under Neville Marriner; at 6.35 Josquin's Nunc Dimittis sung by the Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, directed by Timothy Brown; and at 7.00 another chance to hear Radio 3's Disc of the Week: Poulenc's Sextet performed by the Nash Ensemble.

Kirsteen McCue introduces an orchestral concert given last month in the Town Hall, Ayr.

Alban Gerhardt (cello), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conductor Paul Mann

Elgar Overture: In the South (Alassio)

Bridge Oration (Concerto Elegiaco)

Schumann Symphony No 2 in C

Vier Doppelchorige Gesange - Cambridge Singers, director John Rutter

Isabel Hilton talks to playwright Gary Mitchell, acclaimed for his portrayal of life in the Protestant community in Belfast, as his new work Force for Change opens at London's Royal Court theatre. Plus news from New York as this year's Pulitzer prizes are announced.

Fiona Talkington introduces a track from John Surman's The Amazing Adventures of Simon and accordion music performed by Finnish player Kimmo Pohjonen.

With Jonathan Swain.

Bach Motet: Singet dem Herrn ein Neues Lied, BWV225

12.15 Mozart Grand Sestetto Concertante in E flat (arranged from K364)

12.50 Horst La Nuit, Op 63 Nol.

1.00 Beethoven Piano Trio in E flat, Op 70 No 2

Braun Piano Trio No 2

Dvorak Piano Trio in E minor, Op 90 (Dumky)

2.35 Pisendel Violin Sonata in C minor

2.50 Debussy Premiere Rapsodie

3.00 Franck Prelude, Chorale and Fugue

3.20 Franck Symphony in D minor

4.00 Schoenberg Friede auf Erden, Op 13

4.10 Sarasate Zigeunerweisen, Op 20

4.20 Chopin Etudes, Op 10

4.50 Donizetti Sinfonia

5.10 Falla Nights in the Gardens of Spain

5.35 Karl Doppler Souvenir de Prague, Op 24

5.45 Dvorak Silent Woods

5.55 Dvorak Slavonic Dance, Op 46 No 1