With Penny Gore. Niels Gade Overture: Echoes ofOssian,
Opl
6.35 Haydn Harpsichord Concerto in D, H XVIII 11
7.10 Beethoven Violin Sonata No 8 in G, Op 30 No 3
7.40 Janacek Miadi
8.00 Glinka Jota Aragonesa
8.30 Falla Nights in the Gardens of Spain

Gustav Mahler
(1860-1911). Inspirations: Life
This week Donald Macleod explores some of the things which inspired Gustav
Mahlerto compose, beginning today with his own experience of life. Symphony No
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor Rafael Kubelik
Producer Rachel Hopkin See BBC Orchestras at 2pm

With Jonathan Swain.
This week featuring Monteverdi Madrigals, Book 8, and recordings by Constantin Silvestri.

Enescu Romanian Rhapsody, Op 11 No 2 - Czech PO, conductor Constantin Silvestri

10.12 Liszt Sonetto 104 del Petrarca (Annees de Pelerinage Book 2: Italy) - Dinu Lipatti (piano)

10.20 Monteverdi Hor Che 7 Ciel e la Terra (Madrigali Guerrieri); Lamento della Ninfa (Madrigali Amorosi) - Vocal sextet including Paul Derenne and Hugues Cuenod (tenors) and Doda Conrad (bass-baritone), instrumental ensemble directed by Nadia Boulanger (piano)

10.31 Schubert, arr Mahler String Quartet in D minor, D810 (Death and the Maiden) - Norwegian Chamber Orchestra, conductor Iona Brown

11.09 Haydn Symphony No 27 in G - Prague SO, conductor Constantin Silvestri

11.22 Monteverdi Ardo e Scoprir (Madrigali Amorosi) - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf and Irmgard Seefried (sopranos), Gerald Moore (piano)

End of Empire
Christopher Cook travels the length and breadth of the Austro-Hungarian Empire from its heyday in the 18th and early 19th centuries through its decline in the face of burgeoning nationalism in the late 19th centuryto its demise in the aftermath of the First World War. He traces the music that defined this period of momentous upheaval in the heart of Europe. 1: Greater Austria
Haydn Piano Trio in G, HXV25 (Gypsy) KungsbackaTrio
Beethoven Overture: Leonora No 2
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conductor Andre de Ridder
Schubert Marches
Militaires Steven Osborne and Paul Lewis (pianos) Chopin Polonaises: in E flat minor, Op 26 No 2; in Fsharp minor, Op 44 Simon Trpceski (piano)
J Strauss Radetzky March
BBC National Orchestra of Wales, conductor David Porcelijn
Liszt Fantasia on Hungarian Folk Tunes Grace Francis (piano), BBCSSO, conductor Andre de Ridder

Live from the Wigmore Hall, a concert given by the Galliard Ensemble.
Presented by Verity Sharp.

Ilbert Trois Pieces Breves
Mozart, arr Gunter Weigett Adagio in B flat, K411
Ligeti Six Bagatelles
Nielsen Wind Quintet

(Repeated Saturday 1pm)

BBC Philharmonic
Every day this week BBC Orchestras features a symphony by Radio 3's
Composer of the Week, Gustav Mahler , beginning today with the Symphony No 8. With
Tommy Pearson. Berlioz Overt ure: Le Corsaire Conductor Yan Pascal Tortelier
Bruch Violin Concerto No 1 in G minor
OlivierCharlier, conductor RumonGamba Mahler Symphony No 8 (Symphony of a Thousand) Irene Theorin , Lynne Dawson and Janice Watson (sopranos), Anne-
Marie Owens and Sara Fulgoni (mezzos), Herbert Lippert (tenor), Jason Howard
(baritone), Michael Druiett (bass), City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus and Youth Chorus, Bach Choir , conductor Gianandrea Noseda

The Dancing Years. Edward Seckerson spreads a little happiness with the help of Noël Coward, Vivian Ellis and Ivor Novello. ADDRESS: Stage and Screen, Room 220. Broadcasting House. Queen Margaret Drive , Glasgow, G12 8DG EMAIL: stageandscreen@bbc.co.uk

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

In a concert given last Thursday at this year's Swansea Festival, the third moon of Jupiter is explored in the world premiere of Philip Cashian 's lo ("constantly expanding and contracting, heating up and cooling down") alongside late works by Strauss and Rachmaninov. Joan Rodgers (soprano),
BBC National Orchestra of Wales, conductor Tadaaki Otaka
Philip Cashian lo (first performance) Strauss FourLast Songs
Rachmaninov Symphony No 3 in A minor

Borodin Quartet
Shostakovich String Quartet No 13, Op 138

Isabel Hilton and guests discuss
Neil LaBute 's screen adaptation of AS Byatt's highly acclaimed novel, Possession.

Fiona Talkington invites you to Skip, Hop and Wobble with Jerry Douglas ,
Russ Barenberg and Edgar Meyer , and relax to the sound of Bill Wells and Isobel Campbell performing songs by Billie Holiday from their Ghost of Yesterday album.

With Jonathan Swain. Schubert String
Quartet in G, D887 12.50
Bach Praeludium and Fughetta in G, BWV902
1.00 A concert of chamber music by the late 19th-century Swedish composer Amanda Maier-Rontgen (1853-94).
Violin Sonata in B minor: Piano Quartet in E minor 1.45 Tchaikovsky Symphony No 2 in C minor (Little Russian)
2.20 Pierre Fevrier Le Besoin daimer
2.30 Carl Smulders Piano Concerto in A
2.55 Berlioz La Mort de Cleopatre
3.15 Beethoven Cello Sonata in A, Op 69
3.45 Albeniz Iberia, Book 2
4.05Granados Two Tonadillas: EITraLa
LayelPunteado; ElMajo Discreto
4.10 Arauxo Tiento de medio registro de 2 tono de baxon 4.20 Delius Prelude:
Irmelin 4.30 Handel Floridante (excerpts)
4.50 Lange-Miiller Madonnasange, Op 65
5.00 Rossini Overture: The Barber of Seville 5.05 Julius Röntgen Theme and Variations in B flat, Op 17 5.15 Stravinsky Eight Instrumental Miniatures
5.25 Salomone Rossi Gia del Volto (Part 2)
5.30 Sibelius Piano Sonatina No 3 in B flat minor, Op 6
5.35 Heikkl Suolahti Sinfonia Piccola