With
Martin Handley. Berlioz Overture: Beatrice et Benedict
6.50 Pedro de Cristo Magnificat 8
7.15 Rimsky-Korsakov Sadko , Op 5
7.45 Soler Concerto No 6 for two keyboards
8.20 Paganini Variations on a theme of Paisiello
8.35 Rachmaninov Rhapsody on a theme ofPaganini
Full details of Morning on 3 's music are posted at www.bbc. co.uk/radio3/playlists afew days before transmission

Andrew McGregor plays some of this month's CD releases.
9.30 Building a Library: David Owen Norris recommends a recording of Chopin's
Nocturnes from those currently available.
10.15 A look at some recent re-issues.
10.30 Christopher Cook reviews new vocal releases: recitals from Bryn Terfel, Ben Heppner , Angela Gheorghiu , Placido Domingo and Juan Diego Florez.
11.00 An interview with conductor
Robert Hollingworth , including news of his latest recording with the solo-voice ensemble, I Fagiolini.
11.30 Disc of the Week: Mozart
Opera arias Sandrine Piau (soprano), Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, conductor Gottfried von der Goltz Producers Mark Lowther and Andrew Lyle
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DISC DETAILS: call the Radio 3 Information Line on [number removed] or consult CEEFAX, BBC1. page 651

Michael Berkeley talks to writer, broadcaster and critic Clive James. He is fascinated by the different interpretations given by a wide range of great singers, from opera stars Enrico Caruso , Maria Callas and Jussi Bjorlingto Frank Sinatra, Bessie Smith , Billie Holiday, Mae West, Edith Piaf and Mama Cass Elliot. Repeated tomorrow 3pm

Humphrey Carpenter introduces listeners' requests, including:
Auber Overture: La Muette de Portici
Monte Carlo PO, conductor Thomas Fulton Cimarosa Oboe Concerto in C
Heinz Holliger , I
Musici Reizenstein Variations on the "Lambeth
Walk" Philip Martin (piano) Barber Essay No 1, Op 12
Detroit Symphony Orchestra, conductor Neeme Jarvi
Kleinsinger Tubby the Tuba Narrator Danny Kaye
Tchaikovsky Undina 's Song (Undina) Inessa Galante (soprano), Royal Opera House Orchestra, conductor Neeme Jarvi
Schnittke MinnesangDanish National Radio Choir, conductor Stefan Parkman Honegger Pastorale d'Ete
Suisse Romande Orchestra, conductor Ernest Ansermet
Delius Piano Concerto Philip Fowke
(piano), RPO, conductor Norman del Mar
Producer Anthony Sellors. ADDRESS: Listeners' Choice. BBC Birmingham, B5 7QQ. PHONE: [number removed] E-MAIL: listeners.choice@bbc.co.uk

Claire Martin plays discs from artists currently touring in the UK. And Sarah Cropper talks to pianist Kenny Barron. Producer Keith Loxam. ADDRESS: Jazz Line-Up.
Room 220. Broadcasting House, Queen Margaret Drive. Glasgow. G12 8DG. E-MAIL:jazzlineup@bbc.co.uk

With Geoffrey Smith.
Producer Felix Carey. ADDRESS: Jazz Record Requests. BBC Radio 3. Broadcasting House, London, W1A4WW FAX: [number removed]
E-MAIL: jazz.record.requests@bbc.co.uk

Charlie Parker. Brian Morton continues his exploration of the life and music of the influential jazz innovator. 4: Running the Licks. The last years of Parker's life, the commercial successes of the Parker with Strings project and his final decline.

With Thomas Ades (piano).
Britten String Quartet No 1, Op 25
Faure Piano Quintet in C minor, Op 115

Live from the Met: Falstaff
The crafty carouser Falstaff- played by Bryn Terfel - sends identical love letters to Mistress Alice and Mistress Meg. Naturally, the two women confide in each other and discover the duplication. Based largely on Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor, this is the only comedy among Verdi's established works, and his final opera.
New York Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra, conductor James Levine Act
8.05 Interval
Julian Evans talks to American scholar Harold Bloom about the character of Shakespeare's Falstaff.
8.30 Act 2
9.20 Interval: New York Stories
Another in a series of portraits of the city. Egyptian writer Andre Aciman catches the bus on his favourite Manhattan route.
9.40 Opera Snaps With Rodney Milnes.
9.45 Act 3
BROADCAST GUIDE: For a free copy of the Met Broadcast Guide, call the BBC Information line on [number removed]

Ian McMillan raises the curtain on a new showcase for original writing, high-octane performance and the best in world literature. Tonight's programme features new work from novelist Zadie Smith , Moroccan storytelling and the first in a series of audio-cartoons from
Peter Blegvad.

Sarah Walker presents a concert of music thatjuxtaposes Ireland and Spain, jazz and classical.
Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, conductor Peter Rundel
Julian Anderson Alhambra Fantasy
Huw Watkins Sonata for cello and eight instruments Ulrich Heinen (cello) Gerald Barry Dead March (first performance)
Mark Anthony Tumage Bass Inventions (first UK performance)
Dave Holland (double bass)

With Susan Sharpe. Haydn Symphony
No 64 in A (Tempora Mutantur); Cantata: Bernice, Che Fai; Symphony No 93 in D
1.55 Beethoven Piano Sonata in A flat,
Op 1102.15 Francois Pantillon Oratorio: Clameurs du Monde3.10 Dvorak Cello
Concerto in B minor3.50 Falla Popular Spanish Songs 4.05 Ferenc Erkel Duo Brillant for violin and piano 4.25 Bach
Overture in G minor, BWV1070 4.45 John Albert Delany Overture: Captain Cook
5.00 Jan Yves Daniel-Lesur Suite
Médiévale for flute, harp and string trio
5.10Anon/Arcadelt Three Ave Marias
5.25 Franck Le Chasseur Maudit
5.50 Kalman Peter 's song (Grafin Mariza)