With Fiona Talkington.
Hummel Octet-partita in E flat
6.40 Brahms Variations on a theme of Haydn, Op 56a(St Anthony)
7.00 Leclair Sonata No 2 in B minor
7.35 Pleyel Clarinet Concerto in B flat
8.00 Beethoven Violin Sonata No 8 in G, Op 30 No 3
8.30 Handel Recorder Sonata in F, HWV369 Full details of Mom/ngon3'smusic are posted at www.bbc. co.uk/radio3/playlists a few days before transmission

Andrew McGregor plays new CD releases.
9.30 Building a Library: Chris de Souza recommends a recording of Vaughan Williams's Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis.
10.15 A look at some recent re-issues.
10.30 Edward Seckerson reviews a bargain set of the Shostakovich symphonies conducted by Rudolf Barshai.
11.00 An interview with conductor
Paul Van Nevel about his recordings with the Huelgas Ensemble.
11.30 Disc of the Week:
Mozart Piano Concerto No 25 in C, K503 Alfred Brendel , Scottish Chamber
Orchestra, conductor Charles Mackerras Producers Mark Lowther and Andrew Lyle
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Michael Berkeley 's guest is the playwright Arnold Wesker , who celebrates his 70th birthdaythis weekend. Wesker achieved fame in 1960 when his trilogy Chicken Soup with Barley, Roots and I'm Talking about Jerusalem was produced at the Royal Court theatre. His subsequent work has included Chips with Everything, The Wedding Feast. Caritas, six one-woman plays written between 1982 and 1992, and Denial (2000). His musical choices reflect his Jewish heritage and also include works by Elgar, CPE Bach, Michael Nyman and Japanese composer ShikeikiSaegusa. Repeated tomorrow 3pm

Humphrey Carpenter introduces listeners' requests, including:
Ireland A London Overture
London Symphony Orchestra. conductor Richard Hickox
Britten The YoungPerson Guide to the Orchestra Dame Edna Everage (narrator), Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, conductor John Lanchberry
Strauss Festival Prelude Wolfgang Meyer (organ), Berlin PO, conductor Karl Bohm
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A celebration edition on the opening of the Bridge Jazz Bar in Edinburgh. With live sets from the opening weekend by Head2Head, led by the club's music programmer Bill Kyle , and from vibes man Joe Locke and his band - Jeff "Tain" Watts on drums, bassist Mike Pope and Paul Bollenback on guitar. Introduced by Stacey Kent.
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With Geoffrey Smith.
Producer James Tatam. ADDRESS: Jazz Record
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BetterGetltin Your Soul. Brian Priestley concludes his series exploring the life and work of Charles Mingus. Trumpeter Jack Walrath and saxophonist Ronnie Cuber recall working with Mingus, whose last project was a collaboration with singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell.

La Rondine
Puccini's little-known opera is set in 1850s Paris and tells the story of a woman with a past who forgoes future happiness with her new lover in order to protect his family name. This new production by Nicolas Joel at the Royal Opera House stars Angela Gheorghiu and Roberto Alagna. Presented by Stephanie Hughes.
Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, conductor Gianluigi Gelmetti

Zoltan Kocsis plays a selection of Bartok's piano music, including pieces inspired by folk music and ending with his dramatic sonata of 1926.

John Bradbury (clarinet), conductor James MacMillan James MacMillan Ninian

Ian McMillan considers what it means to express Shakespeare's verse through body, breath and word as Patsy Rodenburg , head of the voice department at the Royal National Theatre, publishes a guide to giving voice to Shakespearean roles.

A concert recorded earlier this month by the London Sinfonietta under
Oliver Knussen , featuring three premieres.
Mezzo Jean Rigby is the soloist in Jonathan Cole 's BBC commission Assassin Hair, and the concert also features the world premieres of Detlev Glanert 's Secret Room, Peter Maxwell Davies 's Crossing
Kings Reach and his Veni Creator Spiritus. Plus two pieces by George Perle , Critical Moments /and Critical Moments II.
Presented by Sarah Walker in conversation with writer and critic Tom Service. After the concert Tom Service talks to Robert Worby about the Leonardo Press's recent volume of essays and CDs on aspects of English music and the experimental movement of the sixties and seventies.

With Susan Sharpe. Brahms Piano
Quartet No 3 in C minor. Op 60Schumann Violin Sonata No 2 in D minor. Op 121
2.05 Bach Orchestral Suite No 3 in D.
BWV10682.25 Tchaikovsky Piano Sonata in G. Op 3 7 3.05 Mahler Symphony No 4
4.00 Buffardin Flute Concerto a 5 in E minor4.15 Leclair Sonata in D minor for two violins and continuo, Op 4 No 14.30 Vivaldi Concerto da Camera in D. RV94
4.40 Palestrina Gloriosi Principes Terrae
4.50 Lindley Evans , arr Isador Goodman Idyll 5.00 Schubert Introduction and Variations in E minor for flute and piano, D802 5.15 Cavalli Dixit Dominus a 8 5.35 Frank Bridge Suite: The Sea