With Penny Gore.
6.25 Haydn Symphony No 30 in C
(Alleluja) Academy of Ancient Music, conductor Christopher Hogwood
6.45 Vaughan Williams Serenade to Music Northern Sinfonia, conductor Richard Hickox
7.00 Telemann Ouverture Jointe d'une
Suite Tragi-Comique
Berlin Academy of Ancient Music
7.40 Copland Clarinet Concerto
Benny Goodman , Columbia Symphony Strings conducted by the Composer
8.00 Biber Sonata Representativa in A
Enrico Onofri (violin), II Giardino Armonico
8.30 Beethoven Overture: The
Consecration of the House
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, conductor Kurt Masur

When Dvorak arrived in America in 1892 he was seen as someone who could lead the establishment of an American style of art music. Donald Macleod explores the American chapter of the composer's life. First Hymn to the Eagle (The American
Flag, Op 102) Barry McDaniel (baritone), St Hedwig's Cathedral Choir, RIAS Chamber Choir, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor Michael Tilson Thomas
Overture: Carnival New York Philharmonic
Orchestra, conductor Zubin Mehta
Te Deum (excerpts) Gabriela Benackova (soprano), Jaroslav Soucek (baritone), Czech Philharmonic Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Vaclav Neumann
String Quartet No 12 in F, Op 96 (American) Hagen Quartet
Symphony No 9 in E minor (From the New World) (3rd and 4th mvts)
New York PO , conductor Kurt Masur

With Rob Cowan.
Listener Request: Beethoven Overture: Leonora No 3
Concertgebouw Orchestra, conductor Willem Mengelberg
10.14 Handel Messiah (Part 1) (excerpt) Margaret Ritchie (soprano), London
Philharmonic Choir, London Symphony
Orchestra, conductor Hermann Scherchen
10.34 Bach The Art of Fugue, BWV1080: Contrapunctus No 12 Swiss-Italian Radio Orchestra, conductor Hermann Scherchen Contrapunctus No 13 Radio Beromiinster Orchestra, conductor Hermann Scherchen
10.43 Strauss Don Juan , Op 20
Pittsburgh SO, conductor Fritz Reiner
11.00 Handel Messiah (Part 2)
(conclusion) Leopold Simoneau (tenor),
Richard Standen (bass), Vienna Academy Chamber Choir, Vienna State Opera
Orchestra, conductor Hermann Scherchen
11.11 Bach The Art of Fugue, BWV1080: Contrapunctus 14 (per Augmentationem in Contrario Motu); Wenn Wir in Hochsten NotenSein , BWV668a Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, conductor Karl Miinchinger

Ninth London International String
Quartet Competition
The scene moves to the Wigmore Hall, where the six semi-finalists each perform one of Beethoven's string quartets. Presented by Stephanie Hughes.

Another chance to hear a recital from
St Andrew 's in the Square, Glasgow. Linda Ormiston introduces a programme of virtuoso French Baroque violin sonatas.
Adrian Chandler (violin), Richard Tunnicliffe (cello), Paula Chateauneuf (archlute, guitar), David Roblou (harpsichord) Leclair Violin Sonata in A, Op 9 No 1 Louis-Gabriel Guillemain Minuet and Gratioso, Op 18
Leclair Violin Sonata in D. OD 9 No 6 (m

BBC Singers; BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Including the BBC Singers and the Endymion Ensemble in a performance from last year's Spitalfields Festival of Gesualdo's s Tenebrae Responsories for Maundy Thursday.
Presented by Sarah Walker.
Gesualdo Tenebrae Responsories Simon Bainbridge Eicha Stravinsky Mass
BBC Singers, Endymion Ensemble, conductor Stephen Cleobury Walton Symphony No 2
BBC National Orchestra of Wales, conductor Richard Hickox

Lucie Skeaping presents a programme of 18th-century Jesuit mission music from the area now known as Bolivia. The concert, recorded at the Wigmore Hall, London, features music of the Chiquitos and Moxos Indians and by the missionary composer Domenico Zipoli. Florilegium is directed by Ashley Solomon , with Emma Kirkby and Gabriela di Laccio (sopranos), Tim Massa (countertenor),
Andrew Kennedy (tenor) and Thomas Guthrie (bass).

With Sean Rafferty.

Joan Bakewell talks to artists and thinkers about what they believe and why. 4: Managementguru Charles Handy.

Ulster Orchestra r Stephanie Hughes presents a concert live from the Ulster Hall, Belfast.
F Antje Perscholka (soprano),
Elisabeth von Magnus (contralto), Joseph Cornwell (tenor), Michael George (bass),
Renaissance and the Methodist College Chapel Choir and Girls Choir, conductor Thierry Fischer
Mozart Overture: The Magic Flute Schubert Symphony No 6 in C
8.25 Twenty Minutes: Granta Reading The second of this week's Granta-nominated excerpts is a reading by Tim
Mclnnernyfrom Robert McLiam Wilson 's forthcoming book, as yet untitled.
8.45 Mozart Mass in C minor, K427 (Great)

Ricahrd Coles presents another edition of the arts and ideas magazine programme.

Fiona Talkington introduces a performance of Arvo Part's powerful and compelling StJohn Passion given by Tonus Peregrinus , directed by Antony Pitts.

With John Shea. Mozart Piano Concerto in D minor, K466 12.40 Rudolf Escher
String Trio 1.00 A Scariatti StJohn Passion
1.55 D Scarlatti Stabat Mater in C minor
2.20 Mozart Trio in E flat, K498 (Kegelstatt)
2.40 Tchaikovsky Suite No 4 in G, Op 61 (Mozartiana) 3.05 Schubert Piano
Sonata in A minor, D845 3.40 Hellendaal Concerto Grosso in F, Op 3 No 6
3.50 Rosenmiiller Beatus Vir Qui Timet Dominum 4.05 Byrd Suite: The Battle
(excerpts) 4.10 Boris Blacher Variations on a Theme ofPaganini, Op 26
4.25 Mascagni Voi to Sapete (Cavalleria Rusticana) 4.35 Wagner, arr
Humperdinck Good Friday Music (Parsifal)
4.45 Schumann Toccata in C, Op 7
4.55 Dvorak Slavonic Dance in G minor, Op 46 No 8 5.05 Michel Brusselmans
Scenes Breugheliennes 5.25 Handel Suite No 2 in D (Water Music) 5.35 Schmeizer Sonata No 12 (Sacroprofanus Concentus Musicus) 5.40 Josquin des Prez La Déploration de Johan Ockeghem
5.50 Traditional Armenian sacred music