Presented by Penny Gore
Vivaldi Dresden Sonata in C minor, RV5
Fabio Biondi (violin), Rinaldo Alessandrini (harpsichord), Maurizio Naddeo (cello)
6.15 Lassus 0 Sacrum Convivium
Westminster Cathedral Choir, His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts
7.00 Martinu Serenade No 2
Kenneth Sillito and Malcolm Latchem
(violins), Robert Smissen (viola)
7.15 Crusell Clarinet Concerto No 1 in Eflat Anthony Pay (clarinet),
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
8.15 Glazunov Three Miniatures, Op 42 Stephen Coombs (piano)
8.40 Schumann Overture, Scherzo and Finale, Op 52 Seattle Symphony
Orchestra, conductor Gerard Schwarz

2: The First Great Triumph
Gluck's Orpheus and Eurydice was the first expression of the more naturalistic opera to which he aspired. Written in Italian for Vienna, he later adapted it in French for the audience in Paris. Donald Macleod presents excerpts from both the Italian and the French versions, in classic recordings of performances in Italian by Janet Baker as Orfeo and Elisabeth Speiser as Euridice, conducted by Raymond Leppard ; and in French by Leopold Simoneau as Orphee and Suzanne Danco as Eurydice, conducted by Hans Rcsbaud.

Jonathan Coe talks about his new satirical novel The Rotters' Club, which is set in the seventies and charts the progress of fourschoolfriends.

With Stephanie Hughes.
Verdi Overture: I Vespri Siciliani
Orchestra dell'Academia di Santa Cecilia , conductor Victor de Sabata
10.15 Puccini EBuona la Mia Tosca ...Tre
Sbirri, una Carrozza (Tosca, Act 1)
Chorus and Orchestra of La Scala, Milan, conductor Victor de Sabata
10.36 Scriabin Prometheus (Poem of Fire) Alexander Toradze (piano),
Kirov Orchestra, conductor Valery Gergiev
11.00 Shostakovich Cello Sonata, Op 40 Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), Dmitri Shostakovich (piano)

Summer Fest La Jolla 2000
Helen Wallace presents another programme from Summer Fest La Jolla 2000 in which she talks to the major participants and plays some of the musical highlights. Schumann Marchenbilder , Op 113
Cynthia Phelps (viola), Max Levinson (piano) Respighi // Tramonto Andrea Trebnick (soprano), Borromeo Quartet
Adds Arcadiana Borromeo Quartet
Strauss Heimliche Aufforderung ; Die Nacht; Zueignung Andrea Trebnick (soprano), Wu Han (piano)
Rachmaninov Suite No 2 for two pianos, Op 17 Constantin Lifschitz and Christopher O'Reilly (pianos)

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 Quartet in C sharp minor, Op 131

BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Bartok Violin Concerto No 2
Sarah Chang , conductor David Stern
Shostakovich Symphony No 7 (Leningrad) Conductor Mark Wigglesworth

Schumanniade lain Burnside introduces a special recital from the Queen Elizabeth Hall given by soprano Emma Bell , mezzo
Sarah Connolly , tenor Toby Spence and baritone Stephan Loges with pianists RogerVignoles and Michael Hampton. Music includes Schumann's Spanische Liebeslieder.

Sean Rafferty presents a selection of music and news from the arts world. Today's guests include composer Michael Torke.

A recital of music for violin and piano live from London's Wigmore Hall. Joshua Bell (violin),
Simon Mulligan (piano)
Goldmark Suite in D, Op 11 (mvts 1, 2 and 5) Schubert Fantasy in C, D934
8.15 Twenty Minutes: A Sound Read
Ivan Hewett is joined by philosopher Roger Scruton and Claire Fox , director of the Institute of Ideas, to review recently published books on music. This month's edition features Untwisting the Serpent by Daniel Albright , Driven into Paradise, edited by Reinhold Brinkmann and Christoph Wolff , and Wagner and Philosoph, by Bryan Magee.
8.35 Brahms Violin Sonata No 2 in A, Op 100
Ysaye Sonata in A minor, Op 27 No 2 (Obsession)
Ravel Violin Sonata

Armenia, home of Mount Ararat, the presumed landing site of Noah's ark, was the first countryto officially recognise
Christianity in 301. As the British Library mounts an exhibition to celebrate the 1,700th anniversary, Richard Coles investigates Armenia's rich cultural history and its contemporary expression. Plus a review of some rarely seen Goya drawings.

Mark Russell 's selections include part of Machaut's Messe de Notre Dame performed by Ensemble Organum,
Joni Mitchell 's Paprika Plains featuring Wayne Shorter and Jaco Pastorius in an arrangement by Michael Gibbs , and a complete performance of Rothko Chapel by Morton Feldman.