With Penny Gore.
Domenico Gallo Sonata No 4 in G
Europa Galante, director Fabio Biondi
6.15 Haydn String Quartet in D minor, Op 76 No 2 (Fifths) Takacs Quartet
7.15 Ephrem Podgaits Three Pushkin
Settings Vesna Moscow Children's Choir, conductor Alexander Ponomarev
7.40 Ferdinand David Trombone Concerto
Christian Lindberg , Bamberg Symphony Orchestra, conductor Leif Segerstam
8.00 Schubert Grand March in E, D819
No 6 Yaara Tal and Andreas Groethuysen (piano duet)
8.45 Musorgsky, arr Stokowski A Night on the Bare Mountain BBC Philharmonic, conductor Matthias Bamert

(1681-1767). In five programmes this week Donald Macleod explores the life and works of Georg Philipp Telemann. In his own lifetime Telemann's achievements eclipsed those of Bach and Handel, yet his influence today is not as great as either of his contemporaries. Concerto in D for three horns, violin and orchestra (1st mvt) Collegium Musicum 90, director Simon Standage
Viola da Gamba Sonata (Der Getreue Music-Meister) Josef Ulsamer
The Newfangled Lover Demon (excerpt)
La Stagione Frankfurt/Michael Schneider Trio Sonata in F(Essercizii Musici ) Camerata Koln
The Symphony/The Morning (Die
Tageszeiten) Mechthild Bach (soprano), Freiburg Vocal Ensemble,
Collegium Musicus Freiburg , conductor Wolfgang Schafer Producer Lyndon Jones

Michael Kustow and "Tantalus"
Executive producer Michael Kustow describes the tortuous planning and financing of Tantalus, a 15-hour epic telling the story of the Trojan War. One of the most ambitious theatre projects ever staged,
Tantalus is due to come to London after its opening in Denver, USA. Producer Richard Bannerman

With Jonathan Swain. This week featuring piano music by Liszt and recordings by Kathleen Ferrier.
Butterworth The Banks of Green Willow
ASMF, conductor Neville Marriner
10.12 Greene, arr Roper 0 Praise the Lord; / Will Lay Me Down in Peace
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Gerald Moore (piano)
10.18 Liszt Bénédiction de Dieu dans la
Solitude; Pensee des Morts (Harmonies Poétiques et Religieuses) Alfred Brendel (piano)
10.49 Gluck Chiamo il Mio Ben Cosi
(Orfeo, Act 1) Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Netherlands Opera Orchestra, conductor Charles Bruck

Che/tenham Festival 2000
Every weekday morning for the next two weeks Morning Performance wi be broadcast live from the Cheltenham
Festival. Today Chris de Souza introduces a concert by one of BBC Radio 3's New
Generation Artists, the Leopold String Trio: Marianne Thorsen (violin), Scott Dickinson (viola) and Kate Gould (cello). Sibelius Trio in G minor
Weir The Bagpiper's String Trio
Henze Trio (first UK performance)
11.50 Interval: Voyage of the Beagle Abridged by Janet Browne. A week of readings from Charles Darwin 's vivid journal Voyage of the Beagle, in which he records the details of his round-the-world adventure. Reader Matthew Macfadyen. 1: Brazil
12.10 Mozart Divertimento in E flat, K563

Fiona Talkington introduces a recital from the Wigmore Hall in London. European Camerata
Mozart Divertimento in D, K136
Mahler Adagietto (Symphony No 5)
Elgar Introduction and Allegro, Op 4 7 Britten Simple Symphony Repeated Saturday 1pm

BBC National Orchestra of Wales
This week featuring Mahler symphonies. Tippett Ritual Dances (The Midsummer Marriage) Conductor Mark Wigglesworth Korngold Violin Concerto, Op 35 Chantal Juillet, conductor Nicolae Moldoveanu Mahler Symphony No 1
Conductor VassilySinaisky

When the Singing Stops. Michael White explores those moments in opera when the singers fall silent and the orchestra takes over. Music includes excerpts from Britten's Billy Buddand Bartok 's
Bluebeard's Castle. Producer GautamRangarajan

With Sean Rafferty. Music includes at
5.00 excerpts from Nielsen's Maskarade; at 6.00 Albeniz's El Corpus Christi en
Sevilla (Iberia, Book 1); and at 6.35 Walton's Suite: Henry V, arranged by Muir Mathieson.

La Battaglia di Legnano
Donald Macleod introduces Verdi's opera from the Royal Festival Hall. Set in 12th-century Italy during the time of the Lombard League, the opera pits the love triangle between Lida, Arrigo and Rolando against the world of battles. This performance, starring Placido Domingo , is sung in Italian.
Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, conductor Mark Elder Acts land 2
8.30 Interval: Viva Verdi! Viva Italia! Simon Townley looks at La Battaglia di Legnano as a classic example of Verdi's musical demonstrations of patriotism.
8.55 Acts 3 and 4

Isabel Hilton introduces an interview with American writer David Eggers , whose novel istic memoir A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius gives an account of bringing up his younger brother after their parents died of cancer.

Fiona Talkington 's late-night listening features Ibon Koteron on the alboka and Kepa Junkera on the accordion. Producer Antony Pitts

With Jonathan Swain.

Tormls Autumn Landscapes

12.15 Chan Na Kin Four Seasons Suite

12.25 Prokofiev Piano Concerto No 2

1.00 A recital of music for the harp.

Roussel Impromptu, Op 21

Dussek Sonata in C minor, Op 2 No 3

Faure Impromptu, Op 86

1.35 Britten Suite, Op 83

2.00 Kodaly Duo, Op 7

2.25 Dvorak Symphony No 8 in G

3.05 Chopin Preludes Op 28: Nos 4-11, 19 and 17

3.20 Kuhlau Duo Brillant in F, Op 81 No 2

3.30 Mozart Piano Trio in C, K548

4.00 Kaspar Foerster Viri Isaelite (Juditha e Holoferne)

4.20 Telemann Oboe Sonata in E minor (Essercizii Musici)

4.25 Grieg Holberg Suite

4.45 Bruch Kol Nidrei

4.55 Mendelssohn For He Shall Give His Angels (Elijah)

5.05 Kraus Symphony in D

5.30 Busoni Indianisches Tagebuch, Book 1

5.40 Tchaikovsky Capriccioltalien, Op 45