With Penny Gore.
Geminiani Scots Airs
6.40 Ravel Le Tombeau de Couperin
7.10 Crusell Introduction and Variations on a Swedish Air, Op 12
7.20 Dvorak Terzetto , Op 74
8.10 Bernstein, transcr Yo-Yo Ma Clarinet Sonata
8.35 Bach Brandenburg Concerto No 1 in F, BWV1046

One of the most influential figures in 19th-century Danish music, Niels Gade's breakthrough came in 1840, when, aged 23, he won a competition arranged by the Copenhagen Music Society. And with the acceptance of his first symphony by Mendelssohn he was able to further his reputation abroad. Donald Macleod is joined by Danish composer and conductor Bo Holten to discuss Gade's early career and musical life in Copenhagen.

Serenata (String Quartet in F) Kontra Quartet
Overture: Echoes from Ossian
Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic, conductor Ole Schmidt
Symphony No 1 in C minor Stockholm Sinfonietta, conductor Neeme Jarvi

A daily series in which artists talk about their currentwork. Writer and parodist
Craig Brown describes his working week writing the Private Eye diary and his Way of the World column for The Daily Telegraph. Producer Fiona McLean

With Jonathan Swain. This week concluding the Nielsen symphony cycle and featuring recordings by the Melos Ensemble. Nielsen Symphony No 2 (Four
Temperaments) London Symphony Orchestra, conductor Ole Schmidt
10.38 Bach Mache Dich, Mein Herze, Rein (St Matthew Passion, BWV244)
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Munich Bach Orchestra, conductor Karl Richter
10.46 Beethoven Septet in E flat, Op 20 Melos Ensemble

Music in Education
This week Morning Performance takes a look at how music is experienced across Britain today. The series begins in Wales and features performances by the National Youth Brass Band of Wales and students from the Millennium Ensemble of the Welsh
College of Music and Drama. Members of the National Youth Orchestra of Wales join forces with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales in a performance of Momentum by young Welsh composer Ceiri Torjussen, and members of the BBC NOW also contribute to a composition project led by composer John Metcalf with students from Gwynedd. Plus music from the National Youth Choir and a performance by young violinist Rakhi Singh. Presented by Nigel Seaman of the BBC NOW.

A recital from the Wigmore Hall in London, presented by Stephanie Hughes. Orpheus Quartet,
Menahem Pressler (piano) Bartok String Quartet No 3
Dvorak Piano Quintet in A, Op 81

BBC National Orchestra of Wales Bizet Prélude: La Jolie Aile de Perth
Conductor Tadaaki Otaka
Ravel Rapsodie Espagnole Conductor
Jun'ichi Hirokami Faure Suite: Masques et Bergamesques,
Op 112 Conductor Matthias Bamert Ravel Piano Concerto in G
Cecile Ousset , conductor Matthias Bamert Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique Conductor Matthias Bamert

Fantasy Opera: The Marriage of Figaro Michael White assembles a dream-team cast for Mozart's masterpiece.

This week the Royal Ballet holds a Gala evening celebrating the work of Anthony Dowell , its directorforthe last 14 years. Debra Craine , dance critic of The Times, discusses Dowell's impact both in his early years as principal dancer and latterly in steering the company through the redevelopment of Covent Garden and the dazzling return to the Royal Opera House.

A recital given earlierthis month by soprano Susan Chilcott and pianist
Antonio Pappano at Hampstead Town Hall. Presented by John Shea.
Brahms Meine Liebe 1st Grun, Op 63 No 5; Am SonntagMorgen, Op 49 No 1; Es
Traumte Mir, Ich Sei Dir Teuer, Op 5 7 No 3; Der Schmied, Op 19 No 4; Wie Melodien Zieht Es Mir, Op 105 No 1; Vergebliches Standchen, Op 84 No 4
Joseph Marx Nocturne; Frage und Antwort; Selige Nacht
Copland There Came a Wind Like a Bugle; The World Feels Dusty: I've Heard an Organ Talk Sometimes; I Felt a Funeral in My
Brain; Why Do They Shut Me Out of Heaven ? (Twelve Poems of Emily Dickinson ) Walton Three Edith Sitwell songs Judith Weir King Harald's Saga
Britten Calypso (Four Cabaret Songs)

Conductor Osmo Vanska
MacMillan The Confession oflsobel Gowdie

Isabel Hilton talks to zoologist Tim Flannery about his latest book, The Eternal Frontier, which tells the story of North America over the last 65 million years. Plus the first biography of the architect who transformed Barcelona, Antoni Gaudi.

Tonight, tracks recorded at the Barbican's Urban Beats festival earlierthis month, featuring Bob Bronzman , Takashi Hirayasu and Trilok Gurtu. Plus Ravel in reflective mood, Paul Giger in archaic mode, a dub take on Gabriel Faure by the Suns of Arqa and memorial music from Kevin Volans. Presented by Fiona Talkington.

With Susan Sharpe.

Grieg Norwegian Bridal March, Op 19 No 2 (Pictures from Country Life)

12.10 Haydn String Quartet in D minor, Op 76 No 1

12.25 Bloch Suite No 1 for solo cello

12.40 Stravinsky Concerto in E flat (Dumbarton Oaks)

1.00 Grieg String Quartet in F (unfinished); Slatter, Op 72 (excerpts); String Quartet in G minor, Op 27

1.55 Beethoven Piano Concerto No 3 in C minor

2.30 Mozart, arr Danzi Duos from "Cosi Fan Tutte"

2.40 Telemann Recorder Sonata in F minor (Der Getreue Music-Meister)

2.50 Liszt Petrarch Sonnet No 123: I Vidi in Terra Angelici Costumi

3.00-4.30 BBC Schools
3.00 Something to Think About
3.15 Playtime
3.30 Music Box
3.45 EAL: Let's Make a Story
4.00 Let's Make a Story
4.15 Song Tree

4.30 Casella Sicilienne and Burlesque

4.35 Wassanaer Concerto Armonico No 5 in B flat

4.50 Dvorak Overture: The King and the Charcoal Burner

5.10 Haydn Symphony No 99 in E flat

5.35 Willem de Fesch Violin Concerto in C minor, Op 5 No 5

5.50 Byrd O Lord, Make Thy Servant Elizabeth; Agnus Dei (Mass a 5)