With Penny Gore.
Grieg Violin Sonata No 2 in G
7.00 Granados Valses Poeticos
7.30 Vivaldi Cello Concerto in A minor, RV418
7.45 J Strauss (son) Waltz: Emperor, Op437
8.00 Tchaikovsky Fantasy Overture: Romeo and Juliet
8.45 Mendelssohn Andante and Allegro Brilliant in A, Op 92

Life.... after Stalin's Death
5: Shostakovich always had an uneasy relationship with the Soviet authorities but, towards the end of his life, he came to be regarded as Russia's greatest living composer. As such, he worked with many of the greatest musicians of his era. Violin Concerto No 2 (1st mvt)
Dmitri Sitkovetsky (violin), BBC Symphony Orchestra, conductor Andrew Davis
Seven Romances to Poems by Alexander Blok , Op 127 Nos 5-7
Galina Vishnevskaya (soprano),
David Oistrakh (violin), Mstislav Rostropovitch (cello), Moisei Vainberg (piano)
String Quartet No -14 Hagen Quartet

With Rob Cowan.
Chopin Scherzo in B flat minor, Op 31 Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (piano)
10.12 Strauss Cacilie , Op 27 No 2 Peter Anders (tenor),
Munich Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Fritz Lehmann
10.15 Tchaikovsky Ballet: The Nutcracker, Act 2 Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra, conductor Gennadi Rozhdestvensky
10.55 Chopin Mazurka in A minor, Op 67 No 4; Mazurka in A minor, Op 68 No 2 Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (piano)
11.02 Listener Request:
Hoist Hymn of Jesus, Op 37
Choristers of St Paul's Cathedral Choir, London Symphony Chorus,
London Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Charles Groves

The Mighty Handful
5: lain Burnside concludes his feature on the famous piano graduates from the Moscow Conservatory.
Mozart Piano Concerto No 17 in G, K453 ECO, director Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano) Scriabin Piano Sonata No 7, Op 64 Boris Berman
Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No 2 in C minor Evgeny Kissin ,
BBCSO, conductor Andrew Davis

Chris de Souza presents the first in a series of concerts recorded as part of this year's Norfolk and Norwich Festival. Philippa Davies (flute), Roger Chase (viola),
LucyWakeford (harp), Piers Lane (piano)
Bax Elegiac Trio for harp, viola and flute; Viola Sonata
Debussy Sonata for flute, viola and harp

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Young Armenian virtuoso
Sergei Khachatrian gives a magnificent account of Beethoven's Violin Concerto, recorded last November in Chester Cathedral.
Presented by Martin Handley.
Schreker Prelude: Das Spielwerk und die Prinzessin Conductor Vassily Sinaisky Beethoven Violin Concerto in D
Sergei Khachatrian , conductor Gunter Herbig
Brahms Symphony No 4 in E minor Conductor Gunter Herbig

Music for younger listeners, presented by Angellica Bell and Adrian Dickson.

Nina Simone
Julian Joseph pays tribute to the popular American vocalist, composer and pianist, who died last month aged 70. Revised repeat BATH FESTIVAL SONG WEEKEND

Sean Rafferty launches Radio 3's presence at the Bath Festival this weekend with a special edition from the Assembly Rooms in Bath. With live music from the Avalon Quartet, pianist Simon Trpceski and jazz veterans Stan Tracey and Bobby Wellins. For free tickets call [number removed]
BATH FESTIVAL SONG WEEKEND

Petroc Trelawny i ntrod uces tonight's s concert, live from Bath Abbey. Robert King and The King's Consort present a programme of music by Purcell, including his only real opera, recounting the ill-fated love story of proud Queen Dido and foolish Prince Aeneas.
Peter Nardone (countertenor), Rogers
Covey-Crump (tenor), Robert Evans (bass), Charles Pott (bass), The King's Consort, conducted by Robert King
Purcell Birthday Ode for Mary II: Celebrate This Festival
8.30 Twenty Minutes: The First American Tourist
Richard Francis presents a picture of England in 1688 through the diaries of American Puritan traveller Samuel Sewall.
8.50 Purcell Dido and Aeneas

Richard Coles and guests rememberthe life of one of the 20th century's greatest theoretical physicists, Richard Feynman. Producer Thomas Morris

Live from Bath
Jez Nelson presents the programme from the Bath International Music Festival.

With Jonathan Swain.

Rossini Overture: La Gazza Ladra; Tanti Affeti in Tal Momento (La Donna del Lago)

Bellini Overture: Norma; Eccomi in Lieta Vesta... Oh! Quante Volte (I Capuleti e i Montecchi)

Donizetti Overture: La Fille du Regiment; Quel Guardo il Cavaliere (Don Pasquale)

1.50 Verdi Quatro Pezzi Sacri

2.30 Bijster Variations on "Stort Tranen uyt Schreyt Luyde"

2.40 Debussy 12 Etudes

3.25 Janacek String Quartet No 2 (Intimate Letters)

3.50 Rimsky-Korsakov Suite: The Tale of Tsar Saltan

4.10 Uros Krek Solitary Pondering

4.20 Kapsperger Toccata I and Corrente VII

4.30 Mozart Fra Gli Amplessi (Cosi Fan Tutte)

4.35 Schubert Der Schiffe, D536

4.50 Wagenaar Overture: The Taming of the Shrew, Op 25

5.00 Vivaldi Violin Concerto in D, RV234 (L'Inquietudine)

5.10 Erkel Duo Brillant

5.25 Brahms Es ist das Heil Uns Kommen Her; Schaffe in Mir, Gott, ein Reines Herz, Op 29

5.40 Mendelssohn Overture: A Midsummer Night's Dream

5.50 Rossini Largo al Factotum (Il Barbiere di Siviglia)