Trio Sonata in A minor
5.10 Hendrik Andriessen Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Kuhnau
5.35 Pingoud Prologue, Op 4
5.45 Ravel La Valse

With Penny Gore.
Faure Pavane Academy of St Martin in the Fields, director Neville Marriner
6.25 William Mathias Flute Sonatina
Kenneth Smith , Paul Rhodes (piano)
7.00 Bach Italian Concerto in F, BWV971 Alfred Brendel (piano)
7.40 Clementi Symphony in B flat. Op 18 No 1 London Mozart Players. conductor Matthias Bamert
8.00 Mendelssohn Hear My Prayer Robert Johnston (treble).
Colin Walsh (organ), Choir of Salisbury Cathedral, director Richard Seal
8.30 Gershwin Catfish Row
St Louis SO, conductor Leonard Slatkin

Donald Macleod takes a look at Handel's popularity in London.
Row My Tears (Julius Caesar, Act 3) Valerie Masterson (soprano),
Orchestra of English National Opera, conductor Charles Mackerras
Coronation Anthem: My Heart Is Inditing, HWV261 Choir of New College, Oxford, director Edward Higginbottom , the King's Consort, director Robert King
Niuna Forza lo Arresta; Mi Restano le
Lagrime (Alcina) Renée Reming (soprano), Timothy Robinson (tenor), Les Arts
Florissants, conductor William Christie Concerto Grosso in B flat, Op 6 No 7 Collegium Musicum 90, conductor Simon Standage

Deborah Moggach talks about her television adaptation of Nancy Mitford 's novel The Pursuit of Love.

With
Stephanie Hughes . Smetana Overture: The Kiss
Cleveland Orchestra, conductor Christoph von Dohnanyi
10.13 Bach Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D minor, BWV903 Artur Schnabel (piano)
10.25 Prokofiev Ballade , Op 15 Raphael Wallfisch (cello), John York (piano)
10.38 Taverner 0 Splendor Gloriae
Taverner Choir, conductor Andrew Parrott
11.49 Bruch Violin Concerto No 3 in D minor
Salvatore Accardo , Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, conductor Kurt Masur

English Cathedral Music
A concert given last January in Wells
Cathedral bytheBBCPO, the Choir of Wells Cathedral and the Choir of St John's College, Cambridge, conductors
Christopher Robinson and James MacMillan. Plus an improvisation on the organ of Gloucester Cathedral by David Briggs. Jean Rigby (mezzo), Michael George (baritone) Durufle Requiem
James MacMillan Magnificat

A recital given earlierthis month in the BT Studio at the Waterfront Hall, Belfast. Apollo Saxophone Quartet
Paul Mitchell-Davidson All Lit Up Francaix Suite
Django Bates Travel Cartoons for the Blind Plazzola Four, for Tango Michael Nyman Quartet

BBC Philharmonic
Szymanowski Concert Overture in E Conductor Yan Pascal Tortelier
Szymanowski Violin Concerto No 2 Lydia Mordkovitch (violin), conductorVassily
Sinaisky Karlowicz Stanislaw and Anna
Conductor Yan Pascal Tortelier
Szymanowski Symphony No 4 for piano and orchestra (Symphonie Concertante)
Howard Shelley , conductorVassily Sinaisky Lutoslawski Concerto for Orchestra Conductor Yan Pascal Tortelier

From the Cathedral and Abbey church of St Alban. Introit: 0 Jesus Christ, Meins
Lebens Licht (Bach). Responses (Smith). Psalms 126-131 (Garrett, Goss. Wesley, Walford Davies , Knight). First Lesson: 1
Kings 13, wl-10. Office Hymn: Holy Spirit, Ever Dwelling (Salisbury). Canticles:
Rubbra in A flat. Second Lesson: Acts 11, wl9-30. Anthem: The Spirit of the Lord (Elgar). Organ Voluntary: Siegesfeier,
Op 145 No 7 (Reger). Master of the music Andrew Lucas. Organist Andrew Parnell.

With Humphrey Carpenter. Music includes at 5.35 Handel's Sonata in B flat, Op 5 No 7, played by the Purcell Quartet; at
5.50 Rachmaninov's Russian Rhapsody performed by Dmitri Alexeev and Nikokai Demidenko (pianos); and at 6.35
Boccherlni's Cello Concerto No 9 in B flat played by Jacqueline Du Pre with the English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Daniel Barenboim.

Norman Lebrecht chairs a new cultural forum on BBC Radio 3 and the World Wide Web, where burning issues in the arts are hotly debated. Presenters: Who Needs Them?
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Live from the Barbican Centre, London.
Berlioz's two loosely autobiographical symphonies launch the final instalment of the LSO's acclaimed Berlioz Odyssey.
Yuri Bashmet (viola), London Symphony Orchestra, conductor Colin Davis

Berlioz Harold in Italy

8.15 Twenty Minutes: A Sound Read
Ivan Hewett returns with a new series reviewing recently published books about music. This month he is joined by historian Cheryce Kramer and critic Stephen Pettitt to discuss "The Visitors" by Rupert Christiansen, "Gilbert and Sullivan's London" by Andrew Goodman and "The Piano Shop on the Left Bank" by T.E. Carhart.

8.35 Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique

Patrick Wright talks to Ian Kershaw about the concluding book in his definitive biography of Adolf Hitler. And the Irish poet Edna Longley talks about the function of poetry and how poets are read and received at different times throughout history.

The Lady Is a Tramp performed on thumb piano and medieval chant from Rnland feature in Fiona Talkington 's late-night listening.

With Susan Sharpe.
Franck Le Chasseur Maudit
12.20 Dallapiccola Due Cori di
Michelangelo Buonarroti il Giovane
12.35 Sibelius En Saga
1.00 Guilmant Organ Symphony No 2 in A, Op 91
Franck Chorale No 2 in B minor
Widor Symphony No 3 for organ and orchestra. Op 69
2.10 Brahms Marienlieder , Op 22
2.30 Korngold Violin Concerto

3.00 Together: an Assembly for Schools
3.20 Expressive Arts 3.40 School Musical
4.00 Dance Workshop 4.20 Have Your Say!
4.45 Music for Dance