With Penny Gore.

Balakirev Overture: King Lear BBC Philharmonic, conductor Vassily Sinaisky

6.35 Haydn Variations in G on the theme "Gott Erhalte "Andreas Staier (piano)

7.00 Lully Le Divertissement de Chambord (Monsieur de Pourceaugnac) Soloists, Les Musiciens du Louvre, director Marc Minkowski

7.20 Stravinsky Ebony Concerto Benny Goodman (clarinet), Columbia Jazz Ensemble, conducted by the Composer

8.10 CPE Bach Harpsichord Concerto in A, Wq29 Amsterdam Baroque, conductor Ton Koopman

8.35 Martinu La Jolla St Paul Chamber Orchestra, conductor Christopher Hogwood

(born 1921). In the week of Malcolm Arnold 's 80th birthday, Donald Macleod talks to the composer's biographer Piers Burton-Page . Today they explore Arnold's love of jazz and his sense of humour. Fanfare for Louis Elgar Howarth and Stanley Woods (trumpets)
Overture: The Smoke, Op 21
LPO, conducted by the Composer
Three Shanties, Op4 Jaime Martin (flute), Jonathan Kelly (oboe), Emma Johnson (clarinet), Claire Briggs (horn). Susanna Cohen (bassoon)
Beckus the Dandipratt, Op 5 BBC Concert Orchestra, conductor Vernon Handley Suite: Belles of St Trinian 's BBC
Philharmonic, conductor Rumon Gamba A Grand Grand Overture, Op 5 7
Jane Glover , Christopher Laing , Bill Oddie and Donald Swann (vacuum cleaners),
Philharmonia, conductor Michael Massey Producer Kerry Chapman
Forgotten man: page 19

Biographer Mark Bostridge considers the problems he faces in writing a life of Florence Nightingale. Producer Fiona McLean

With Jonathan Swain. This week featuring orchestral works by Suk and performances by Austrian soprano Sena Jurinac.
Mozart Overture; Quando Avran Fine Omai ... Padre, Germani, Addio! (Idomeneo) Sena Jurinac (soprano), Glyndebourne
Festival Orchestra, conductor John Pritchard
10.18 Suk Serenade in E flat, Op 6 Czech PO, conductor Vaclav Talich
10.48 Mozart PorgiAmor ' Qualche Ristoro (Le Nozze di Figaro, Act 2)
Sena Jurinac (soprano), Glyndebourne
Festival Orchestra, conductor VittorioGui
10.53 David Waterman , cellist of the Endellion Quartet, introduces one of his favourite recordings.
Tartini, arr Casals Grave ed Espressivo (Cello Concerto in D) Pablo Casals , Bias-Net (piano)
10.58 Mozart CrudelelAh No. Mio Bene ! ... Non mi Dir, Bell 'Idol Mio (
Don Giovanni , Act 2) Sena Jurinac (soprano), Berlin RSO, conductor Ferenc Fricsay
11.07 Handel Concerto a due cori No 2 in F Tafelmusik, conductor Jeanne Lamon

From the South West
This week Petroc Trelawny visits two music events in the West Country. Today he is at the music festival in Plush, Dorset. Haydn Piano Trio in B flat, H XV 20
Simon Blendis (violin), Adrian Brendel (cello), Tim Horton (piano)
Ravel Piano Trio Schubert Ensemble
Ades Catch Matthew Hunt (clarinet). Simon Blendis (violin), Scott Dickinson (viola),
Adrian Brendel (cello), Tim Horton (piano) Beethoven Cello Sonata in A, Op 69 Adrian Brendel , Paul Lewis (piano)

Live from the Wigmore Hall, London.
Christian Gerhaher (baritone), Gerold Huber (piano)
Schubert Schwanengesang , D957 Repeated next Sunday at lpm

BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Conductor Tadaaki Otaka
BBC NOW's conductor laureate
Tadaaki Otaka is on home territory today with a concert recorded on tour in Japan at the Festival Hall. Osaka. The music itself is from Central Europe, shot through with the folk music of Bohemia and Rumania.
Presented by Paul Guinery . Smetana From Bohemia's Woods and Fields (Ma Vlast)
Dvorak Symphony No 8 in G
Enescu Romanian Rhapsody, Op 11 No 1 Brahms Symphony No 4 in E minor

Tommy Pearson explores the world of music for film, with selections from the latest CD and movie releases.

Sean Rafferty presents a selection of music and a roundup of the latest news and views from the arts world.

Malcolm Arnold Symphony Cycle
Live from the Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester, Petroc Trelawny presents another concert in the cycle of Malcolm Arnold 's symphonies. performed in honour of his 80th birthday. BBC Philharmonic, conductor Rumon Gamba
Arnold Overture: Tam O'Shanter; Symphony No 6
8.05 Twenty Minutes: Arnold in Person
"Would I rather be called a craftsman than an artist.... Well, it's betterthan being called an old sod." Stephen Johnson explores the man behind the music as revealed in interviews with Malcolm Arnold made over the past 40 years and now stored in the BBC archives.
8.25 Arnold Scottish Dances; Symphony No 5
Forgotten man: page 19

Isabel Hilton discusses Christ, Jack Miles 's follow-up to his Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of God, in which Miles again treats his subject as a character in history.

Verity Sharp is at the crossroads of musics and moods from around the world. Tonight's programme includes urban gamelan, 23 Skidoo. Matthew Hindson 's Speedand Martin Butler 's Capistrano Song.

With Susan Sharpe. Blacher Variations on a Theme ofPaganini, Op 26 Liszt Scherzo and March 12.35 Bach Orchestral Suite No 2 in B.minor, BWV1067
1.00 Goossens Phantasy Quartet, Op 12 Stravinsky Three Pieces Gershwin Lullaby Webem Six Bagatelles, Op 9Szymanowskl String Quartet No 1 in C, Op 3 7
1.55 Wagner Prelude: Parsifal
2.10 Bruckner Symphony No 9 in D minor
3.00 Mozart Divertimento in B flat, K186
3.15 Carl Friedrich Abel Symphony in E, Op 10 No 13.25 Vivaldi Dixit Dominus ,
RV595 3.55 D Scariatti Sonata in C, Kk270
4.05 Rossini Wind Quartet in F (Andante e Tema con Variazione) 4.20 Weber Wie
Nahte MirderSchlummer; Leise, Leise, fromme Weise (Der Freischutz)
4.30 Mozart Violin Sonata in G, K301
5.00 Stravinsky Eight Instrumental
Miniatures 5.10 Grieg Peer Gynt: Suite No 2, Op 55 5.30 Mielczewski Deus in Nomine Tuo 5.40 Mozart Variations on a Dutch Song, K24 5.55 Janacek Surely This Is My Mother's Room (Jenufa)