Presented by Louise Fryer. This week featuring chaconnes and passacaglias and daily visits to the Carnival of Venice. Music includes:
7.00-8.30: Arban, arr Pichareau Theme and Variations on the Carnival of Venice Maurice Andre (flugelhorn), Orchestre d'Harmonie des Gardiensde la Paixde Paris, conductor Claude Pichareau Vaughan Williams Tuba Concerto
John Fletcher , LSO, conductor Andre Previn Krommer Partita in B flat, Op 45 No 3
Academy of St Martin in the Fields Wind
Ensemble, conductor Bastiaan Blombert
8.30-10.00: Schumann Andante and Variations in B flat Marie-Luise Neunecker (horn), Natalia Gutman and Mischa Maisky (cellos), Martha Argerich and Alexander Rabinovitch (pianos) Bach Violin Partita
No 2 in D minor, BWV1004 Jascha Heifetz

With Rob Cowan. This week featuring excerpts from operettas, and recordings by Romanian pianist Clara Haskil.
Listener request: Zeller The Nightingale Song (Der Vogelhandler, Act 2) (sung in English) Elisabeth Schumann (soprano), unnamed orchestra, conductor Lawrance Collingwood
10.05 D Scarlatti Sonata in F minor, Kk386 Clara Haskil (piano)
10.08 Zeller Ha! Fusche in der Falle ...
Jekus, Jekus, das ist schwer (Der Vogelhandler, Act 1)
Vienna State Opera Chorus,
Vienna SO, conductor Wi II i Boskovsky
10.14 Beethoven Piano Sonata in D minor, Op 31 No 2 (Tempest) Clara Haskil
10.34 Lehar Allein ! Wieder allein! (Der
Zarewitsch, Act 1) Fritz Wunderlich (tenor), Graunke SO, conductor Carl Michalski
10.40 Listener request: Moeran
Symphony in G minor New Philharmonia Orchestra, conductor Adrian Boult
11.25 Lecocq Boléro (Le Coeuret la Main) Fanely Revoil (soprano), unnamed orchestra, conductor Marcel Cariven
11.29 J Strauss (son), arr Dohnanyi Schatz-Walzer (DerZigeunerbaron) Erno Dohnanyi (piano)
11.35 Mozart Violin Sonata in E minor,
K304 ArthurGrumiaux, Clara Haskil (piano)
11.48 Lortzing Auch ich war ein Jungling (DerWaffenschmeid, Act 3) Kim Borg
(bass), Munich Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Ferdinand Leitner
11.54 Lehar, arr May Vilja (The Merry Widow) Billy May and His Orchestra

1/5. Donald Macleod begins his exploration of Purcell's short but prolific career with two of his earliest anthems- Blow Up the Trumpet in Sion and My Beloved Spake - and odes of welcome to Charles II -
Swifter, Isis, Swifter Flow and to James II - Sound the Trumpet. Plus a selection of chamber music for string consort.
Producer Deborah Preston Rptd Sun 12 midnight

Live from the Wigmore Hall in London.
Fiona Talkington presents a recital by German pianist Lars Vogt.
Beethoven Bagatelles , Op 126 Janacek In the Mists
Brahms Klavierstucke , Op 119

BBC Symphony Orchestra Presented by Louise Fryer.
Dukas The Sorcerer's Apprentice Conductor Yan Pascal Tortelier
Delius Summer Night on the River:
On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring Conductor Grant Llewellyn
Dukas La Péri Conductor Martyn Brabbins Chin Violin Concerto Viviane Hagner , conductor Martyn Brabbins
Strauss Also sprach Zarathustra Conductor Martyn Brabbins

A Walk on the Wild Side
Edward Seckerson explores streetwise musical theatre. Including an ode to attention-seeking from Boy George 's
Taboo, Parisian pimping in Irma la Douce , and Lionel Bart 's outrageous interior designer in Fings Ain't 't Wot They Used t'Be. ADDRESS: Stage and Screen, Room 220, Broadcasting House, Queen Margaret Drive , Glasgow G12 8DG email: stageandscreen@bbc.co.uk

Sean Rafferty presents music and interviews, and a round-up of arts news.

Newseries 1/5. Joan Bakewell talks to Richard Dawkins , who's known to be a passionate opponent of religious belief and a communicator of scientific ideas, about what he believes and why. Producer Norman Winter

Genius of the Violin: Yehudi Menuhin International Competition for Young Violinists - Senior Finals
BBC Concert Orchestra, conductor Joji Hattori
Recorded on Saturday at the Duke's Hall of the Royal Academy of Music in London, and presented by Sarah Walker. The four seniorfinalists of the Menuhin competition perform their choice of the following works: Vieuxtemps Violin Concerto No 5 in A minor Lalo Symphonie Espagnole
Sairrt-Saens Violin Concerto No 3 in B minor
Paganini Violin Concerto No 1 in E flat The winner of the competition also performs in tomorrow's closinggala concert at 7.30pm

China Mieville talks to Alan Hollinghurst about his new novel The Line of Beauty. Producer Zahid Warley

Fiona Talkington with a performance of Rachmaninov's All-Night Vigil, recorded by the BBC Singers at St Giles Cripplegate in London's Barbican. And each night this week, laments from Michael Riessler and Singer Pur.

2/5. Donald Macleod looks at two figures of American music whose influence is as greatthrough their work as teachers as it is through their compositions: Walter Piston and Roger Sessions. Repeated from Tuesday

With Jonathan Swain.
Haydn String Quartet in D, Op 64 No 5 (The Lark) Back String Quartet No 2
Britten String Quartet No 2, Op 36 Yggdrasil Quartet
2.00 Rachmaninov Moments Musicaux,
Op 16 2.30 Brahms Schicksalslied , Op 54
2.45 Schumann Symphony No 2 in C
3.25 Wagner Senta; Dutchman Duet (Der Fliegende Hollander) 3.40 Beethoven Violin Sonata in E flat, Op 12 No 3
4.00 Buxtehude Prelude and Fugue in G minor 4.10 Blow God Spake Sometime in Visions 4.20 Sweelinck Two Toccatas
4.30 Telemann Scherzo Melodico No 7 in D (Domenica) (Pyrmonter Kurwoche)
4.45 Mozart Concerto Fragment in E flat,
K370b 5.00 Wagenaar Concert Overture: Fruhlingsgewalt 5.05 Bach Concerto in A minor for four keyboards, BWV1065
5.20 Gabriel Charpentier Mass No 1
5.25 Debussy Hommage a Rameau (Images) 5.35 Svendsen Romeo and Juliet, Op 18 5.50 Mahler Ruckert-Lieder
6.10 Strauss Metamorphosen
6.40 Liszt Mazeppa