La Valse 5.15 Sweelinck Variations on "Mein Junges Leben Hat ein End
5.25 Wagenaar Overture: Fruhlingsgewalt
5.40 Henry du Mont Motet: 0 Salutaris Hostia

With Penny Gore.

Jose Marin Sepan Todos Que Muero - Montserrat Figueras (soprano), Rolf Lislevand (guitar), Pedro Estevan (percussion)

6.20 Hummel Concertino in G, Op 73 - London Mozart Players, director Howard Shelley (piano)

7.00 Beethoven, transcr Liszt Symphony No 6 in F (Pastoral) (1st mvt) - Glen Gould (piano)

7.25 Schnittke Gratulationsrondo - Gidon Kremer (violin) Christoph Eschenbach (piano)

8.30 Balakirev in Bohemia - BBC Philharmonic, conductor Vassily Sinaisky

8.50 Lutoslawski Paganini Variations - Peter Jablonski (piano), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Vladimir Ashkenazy

With Donald Macleod.
2: Opera
Monteverdi started writing dramatic works early in his career at the opulent court of the Gonzaga family in Mantua. He made an impressive operatic debut with Orfeo in 1607 and quickly followed this up with another full-length opera, Ariadne. By the time Monteverdi had moved to take up an appointment at the basilica of St Mark's in Venice, opera was firmly established as a popular entertainment in Italy. In his seventies, Monteverdi returned to the genre with an opera which displays all his dramatic talents, II Ritornod Ulisse. Lasciate i Monti (Orfeo, Act 1) Chiaroscuro, London Baroque, director Nigel Rogers
Dal Mio Permesso Amato (Orfeo, Prologue) Maria Cristina Kiehr (soprano),
Ensemble Elyma , director Gabriel Garrido Orfeo, Act 3 (excerpt)
Dominique Visse and Andreas Scholl (countertenors), Gerd Turk ,
Lynton Atkinson and Laurence Dale (tenors), Nicholas Rivenq and Geert Smits
(baritones), Ulrich Messthaler , Nathan Berg and Paul Gerimon (basses),
Concerto Vocale, conductor Rene Jacobs Arianna's lament (Ariadne)
Anne Sofie von Otter (soprano), Jakob Lindberg (theorbo)
Iro 's parody (II Ritorno d'Ulisse) (Act 5, Scene 1) Gian Paolo Fagotto (tenor),
Ensemble Elyma , director Gabriel Garrido Illustrated, 0 Cieli (II Ritomo d'Ulisse) (Act 5, Scene 10) Bernarda Rnk (soprano), Christoph Pregardien (tenor),
Concerto Vocale, conductor Rene Jacobs

Aerialist John Paul Zaccarini talks about his new rope piece. Today he explains why "buttery" muscles are better than
"peacock" muscles, and how to cope with the pain of rope burns.

With Jonathan Swain.
Bartok Dance Suite
Philharmonia Orchestra, conductor Igor Markevitch
10.22 Bartok Piano Concerto No 3
Annie Fischer ,
London Symphony Orchestra, conductor Igor Markevitch
10.48 Tchaikovsky Symphony No 2 in C minor (Little Russian)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Yuri Temirkanov

Graeme Kay introduces performances from last summer's European music festivals.
Bach, arr Stokowski Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV565
Helsinki Philharmonic, conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen
Sibelius Violin Concerto
Thomas Zehetmair, Helsinki Philharmonic, conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen (Helsinki Festival)
Beethoven Piano Sonata in C minor, Op 111 (Appassionata) Mikhail Pletnev (Lugano Spring Concerts)

Takacs Beethoven Cycle
Stephanie Hughes introduces another instalment of Beethoven quartets from the complete cycle performed by the Takacs Quartet at London's Wigmore Hall during the 1999-2000 season.
Beethoven String Quartets: in E flat, Op 74 (Harp); in Fminor, Op 95

Ulster Orchestra
Copland Ballet: Appalachian Spring Conductor John Lubbock
Haydn Horn Concerto No 2 in D
David Pyatt , conductor John Lubbock Howard Hanson Symphony No 2
(Romantic) Conductor Vernon Handley Jean-Michel Damase Rhapsodie David Pyatt (horn), conductor John Lubbock
Weill Symphony No 2
Conductor John Lubbock

lain Burnside accompanies and introduces soprano Lisa Milne in a specially recorded recital of songs by Debussy, Chabrier, Reynaldo Hahn and Jacques Brel.

Sean Rafferty introduces a selection of music and news from the arts world.

Petroc Trelawny presents a piano recital given at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London earlier this month.
Alfredo Peri (piano),
Bach Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D minor, BWV903
Schoenberg Suite, Op 25
Bach Partita No 1 in B flat, BWV825
Liszt Prelude and Fugue on the name BACH Schubert Piano Sonata in B flat, D960

Can the pursuit of science coexist with belief in God? As bestselling science writer Stephen Jay Gould enters the debate with his new book Rocks of Ages, Richard Coles and guests take up the argument. Plus a review of Tate Modern's major new exhibition Century City: Art and Culture in the Modern Metropolis.

Fiona Talkington 's late-night selection includes Dave Heath 's African Sunrise, featuring solo percussionist Evelyn Glennie , and tracks from Ballake Sissoko 's new CD, Deli.

With Susan Sharpe. Ravel Violin Sonata
12.20 Enna Five Piano Pieces
12.35 Madetoja Symphonic Suite, Op 4
1.00 A concert given at the Jack Lyons
Concert Hall, York, in July last year as part of the York Early Music Festival 2000. Bach Suite No 2 in B minor, BWV1067; Harpsichord Concerto in A, BWV1055; Brandenburg Concerto No 5 in D,
BWV1050: Concerto in D minor for two violins, BWV1043 2.10 Haydn Arietta and 12 Variations, H XVII 3 2.30 Schubert Symphony No 8 in B minor (Unfinished)

3.00 Time to Move 3.20 First Steps in Drama 3.35 Hopscotch 3.50 Hop, Skip and Jump 4.05Time for Drama
4.20 Talking Points
4.40 Scottish Resources: 10-12