With Penny Gore. Music includes:
7.00-8.30: Albeniz Prelude: Merlin Madrid Symphony Orchestra, conductor Jose de Eusebio
Verdi, arr Liszt Danza Sacra e Duetto Final (Aida) Daniel Barenboim (piano)
Walton Ballet Suite: The Wise Virgins English Northern Philharmonia, conductor David Lloyd-Jones
Beethoven Cello Sonata in D, Op 102 No 2 Jacqueline duPre,
Stephen Kovacevich (piano)
8.30-10.00: Bach English Suite No 4 in F, BWV809 Murray Perahia (piano)
Purcell King Arthur, Act 5 Susannah
Waters, Clarron McFadden , Sandrine Piau and Veronique Gens (sopranos),
Mark Padmore and lain Paton (tenors), Jonathan Best and Petteri Salomaa (basses), Les Arts Florissants, director William Christie

With Rob Cowan.
Handel Ombra Mai Fu (Serse, Act 1)
Tito Schipa (tenor), unnamed orchestra conducted by Rosario Bourdon
10.05 Delius Violin Sonata No 2 Max Rostal , Colin Horsley (piano)
10.20 Mendelssohn Concerto in E
Brenda Lucas and John Ogdon (pianos), Academy of St Martin in the Fields, conductor Neville Marriner
10.52 Brahms, orch Rubbra Variations and Fugue on a theme of Handel, Op 24 NBC Symphony Orchestra, conductor ArturoToscanini
11.23 Jose Padilla Princesita
Tosti Marechiare Tito Schipa (tenor), unnamed orchestra conducted by Rosario Bourdon and Joseph Pasternack
11.32 Stravinsky Suite: The Firebird (1919) Dresden Staatskapelle, conductor Rudolf Kempe

5/5. With no desire to stay in a country for which his unwavering loyalty apparently counted for nothing, Bartok finally turned his back on Hungary for good to make a new life for himself and his wife in America.
Donald Macleod looks at this poignant, final episode in the life of one of the 20th-century's greatest composers.

Seven Pieces from Mikrokosmos (No 2)
Performed by the Composer and Ditta Pasztory-Bartok (pianos)
Contrasts (1st mvt: Verbunkos)
Performed by the Composer (piano), Benny Goodman (clarinet), Joseph Szigeti (violin)
String Quartet No 6 (3rd mvt) Takacs Quartet
Concerto for Orchestra
Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orchestra, conductor Antal Dorati

(Repeated on Thursday at 12 midnight)

Harmonie at Bristol
The last of last year's wind ensemble concerts at St George's Bristol presented by Chris de Souza.
RonanO'Hara (piano), Haffner Ensemble Janacek Mladi
Ravel, arr Walter Ballet Suite: Ma Mere I'Oye
Poulenc Sextet for piano and wind

BBC Singers and BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Presented by Martin Handley.
Ravel Trois Chansons BBC Singers, conductor Nicholas Kok
Bridge Vignettes de
Danse Dukas The Sorcerer's Apprentice Menotti Violin Concerto
Jolivet Trumpet Concerto
Franck Symphony in D minor
Jennifer Koh (violin), Philippe Schartz (trumpet), conductor Richard Hickox

Brian Priestley looks back 50 years to a historic night, 21 February 1954, at New York's famous Birdlandjazz club. On the bill were Art Blakey (drums), Clifford Brown (trumpet), Lou Donaldson (alto saxophone), Curly Russell and Horace Silver (piano). Their set proved to be a landmark in the development of modern jazz and resulted in the influential album A Night at Birdland.

Sean Rafferty presents a selection of music and arts news.

Artur Pizarro Beethoven Cycle Portuguese pianist Artur Pizarro concludes his cycle of the piano sonatas of Beethoven in a concert given on Wednesday at St John's, Smith Square, London. The last three sonatas all date from the last decade of the composer's life and as a group bear testimonyto the remarkable transformation of the genre in Beethoven's hands. Presented by Sarah Walker. Artur Pizarro (piano)
Beethoven Piano Sonatas: in E, Op 109; in A flat, Op 110; in C minor, Op 111

Mozart String Quartet in A, K464

Paul Allen discovers how the architect
John Pawson is bringing minimalism to the masses in his design of a superstore in Gateshead. And as Robert Graves 's version of The Golden Fleece is republished, what is the continuing lure of the Greek myth? Producer AasiyaLodhi

Robert Sandall and Mark Russell present an eclectic mixture of musical styles.

Bobby Previte Double Bill
The diverse talents of the American jazz drummer and composer Bobby Previte are highlighted in performances by two of his projects, recorded earlier this month at the CBSO Centre in Birmingham. With hisjazz orchestra, the 23 Constellations of Joan Miro , Previte performs his emotional responses to Miro's series of abstract paintings, the Constellations.
The other half of the programme is an improvised, groove-based setwith two of New York's most outstanding musicians, eight-string guitarist Charlie Hunter , whose unique instrument (a hybrid of bass and guitar) and his rock-influenced style have attracted a cult following, and DJ Logic on the turntables. Presented by Jez Nelson. Producers Kath Willgress and Robert Abel

With Louise Fryer.
Schumann Symphony No I in B flat
Beethoven Symphony No 6 in F (Pastoral)
2.10 Bach Preludes and Fugues: in F, BWV880; in Fminor, BWV881 (Well
Tempered Clavier) 2.30 Machaut Le Lay de Bonne Esperence 2.50 Marais Suite in G for two violas dagamba 3.25 Brahms Piano Trio in E flat, Op 40 3.55 Verdi Ella
Giammai M 'amo (Don Carlos ) 4.05 Dvorak In Nature's Realm, Op 91 4.20
Strauss Klavierstucke , Op 3 No 3 4.30 Tobias Wer Will; Ascendit in Coelum 4.35 Hellendaal Concerto Grosso in D minor, Op 3 No 2
4.50 Buxtehude Prelude and Fugue in G minor 5.00 Parry / Was Glad
5.05 Fanny Mendelssohn Piano Sonata in C minor 5.20 Groneman Flute Sonata in G
5.30 Goodwin Suite: Drake 400 5.40 Weir
String Quartet 5.50 Mahler Liedereines Fahrenden Gesellen 6.05 Mozart
Divertimento in B flat, K186 6.20 Poulenc Mass in G 6.35 Strauss Horn Concerto No 2