With Penny Gore.

Wagner, transcr Liszt/Kocsis Prelude and Liebestod - Zoltan Kocsis (piano)

6.35 Mozart A Musical Joke, K522 - Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

7.05 Wiren Serenade for string orchestra, Op 11 - Stockholm Sinfonietta, conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen

7.45 Vivaldi Concerto in G for oboe and bassoon, RV545 - David Re!chenberg (oboe), Milan Turkovic (bassoon), English Concert. director Trevor Pinnock (harpsichord)

8.00 Haydn String Trio in B flat, Op 53 No 2 - Grumiaux Trio

8.50 Elgar Triumphal March (Caractacus) - RLPO, conductor Charges Groves

With Donald Macleod.

The reputation of the magnificence of the Dresden court of Augustus the Strong spread throughout Europe. Musicians from as far afield as Italy and Bohemia were attracted by the quality of the music-making.

Vivaldi Violin Concerto in G minor, RV577 - Virtuosi Saxoniae, director Ludwig Guttier

Veracini Sonata Accademiche in B flat, Op 2 No 2 - Locatelli Trio

Fasch Concerto in D for two horns, two oboes, strings and continuo - Peter Damm and Dieter Pansa (horns), Capella Sagittariana, director Wolfram Just

Buffardin Flute Concerto in E minor - Dresden Baroque Soloists, director Eckhart Haupt

The poet Jo Shapcott talks about her work translating Rilke's French poems.

With Jonathan Swain.

Janacek, arr Talich Suite: The Cunning Little Vixen - Prague Symphony Orchestra, conductor Jiri Belohlavek

10.23 Granados Danzas Espanolas, Op 37 Nos 7-12 - Eduardo del Pueyo (piano)

10.52 Nielsen Clarinet Concerto - Benny Goodman, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, conductor Morton Gould

11.22 Granados El Pelele (Goyescas) - Alicia de Larrocha (piano)

Tommy Pearson finishes his week's programmes at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in the City of London. He presents the students in excerpts from the British premiere of a Donizetti opera, their own jazz compositions, solo showpieces by Liszt and Elena Langer, and French Baroque music, including works by Couperin and Clerambault. Plus the Guildhall Symphony Orchestra in a masterclass with Pierre Boulez, and performances by the Guildhall String Chamber Ensemble.

A recital given at the 1999 Buxton Festival by the Emperor Quartet.

Mozart String Quartet in G. K.156

Wolf Italian Serenade

Walton String Quartet in A minor

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Berlioz Overture: Waverley - Conductor Yan Pascal Tortelier

Faure Suite, Pelleas and Melisande - Conductor Adrian Leaper

Saint-Saens Piano Concerto No 2 in G minor - Kathryn Stott, conductor Marin Alsop

Berlioz Royal Hunt and Storm (The Trojans) - Conductor Yan Pascal Tortelier; Lelio - Sebastian Tortelier (narrator), Arthur Davies and Martyn Hill (tenors), Neal Davies (baritone), Leeds Festival Chorus, conductor Yan Pascal Tortelier.

Julian Joseph reflects on the career of Herbie Hancock and presents selections from a previously unbroadcast concert given at London's Royal Festival Hall in 1997 featuring John Scofield (guitar), Michael Brecker (saxophone), Dave Holland (bass), Jack De Johnette (drums) and Don Alias (percussion).

Humphrey Carpenter talks to Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau about his extraordinary career, plays excerpts from the archives and assesses his influence on the young singers of today. Music includes at 5.00 Schubert's Du Bist die Ruh, D776, performed by Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone) and Gerald Moore (piano): at 5.35 Bridge's The Two Hunchbacks played by the Britten Sinfonia under Nicholas Cleobury; and at 5.50 Shostakovich's Three Violin Duets performed by Itzhak Perlman and Pinchas Zukerman (violins) and Samuel Sanders (piano).

From the Bridgewater Hall, Manchester. The third concert in a series featuring the works of Sibelius.

Grigory Sokolov (piano), BBC Scottish SO, conductor Osmo Vanska

Sibelius Pohjola's Daughter

Beethoven Piano Concerto No 1 in C

8.25 Twenty Minutes: Four Chekhov Comedies: 4: A Dreadful Night
Alistair McGowan reads from the comic short stories of Anton Chekhov.

8.45 Sibelius The Dryad; Symphony No 5

Paul Allen explores the life and work of William Empson, who in 1930, at the age of 24, won international acclaim for Seven Types of Ambiguity, a book that changed the course of literary criticism. But he was also a gifted poet, and in the light of a new edition of all his published verse Night Waves examines the impact of his work. And as Brazil prepares to celebrate the 500th anniversary of the arrival of the Portuguese, does the culture of the indigenous peoples survive?

Verity Sharp presents an all-British edition played by the Nash Ensemble under Martyn Brabbins, featuring music from their recent South Bank Concert series.

Thomas Ades Catch

Richard Causton Rituals of Hunting and Blooding (first performance)

Oliver Knussen Masks for solo flute - Philippa Davies

Mark-Anthony Turnage An Invention on Solitude

James MacMillan Raising Sparks - With Jean Rigby (mezzo)

Harrison Birtwistle The Woman and the Hare - With Claron McFaddon (soprano) and Julia Watson (speaker)

With Susan Sharpe.

12.05am Brahms Rhapsody in G minor, Op 79 No 2

12.10 Einar Englund Symphony No 4 (Nostalgic)

12.40 Geminiani Concerto Grosso in E minor, Op 3 No 6

12.50 Bach Praeludium and Fughetta in G, BWV902

1.00 Shostakovich Symphony No 5: Symphony No 6 - Slovak Radio SO/Ladisiav Slovak

2.25 Bartok For Children, Book 1 (excerpts)

2.35 Druzecky Sextet in E flat

3.00 Anon, arr Memelsdorff/Staler Court Masques under Charles I and II

3.15 Handel Suite in G. HWV350 (Water Music)

3.25 Brahms Eight Piano Pieces, Op 76

3.55 Wolf Morike Lieder

4.10 Beethoven Fantasia in C minor, Op 80

4.30 Couperin Douzieme Concert a deux violes

4.40 Silvio Foretic Three Part invention

4.50 Suppe Overture, Light Cavalry

5.00 Glinka Overture, Ruslan and Lyudmilla

5.10 Rosetti Concerto in E flat for two horns

5.30 Rontgen Theme and Variations, Op 17

5.40 Diepenbrock Incantation

5.45 Kajanus Rhapsody No 1