With Penny Gore. Music includes:
7.00-8.30: Telemann Concerto in G
Masahiro Arita (flute), Eric Hoeprich
(chalumeau), Hans Peter Wassermann (oboe), Dane Roberts and David Sinclair
(double basses), Cologne La Stravaganza, director Andrew Manze Arban , arr
Baadsvik Theme and Variations on the Carnival of Venice Oystein Baadsvik (tuba), Musica Vitae , conductor Bjorn Sagstad
Francaix Piano Concertino Margrit Weber , Berlin RIAS SO, conductor Ferenc Fricsay
8.30-10.00: Wagner Good Friday Music (Parsifal) Philadelphia Orchestra, conductor Christian Thielemann
Brahms Symphony No 4 in E minor Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Carlos Kleiber

With Rob Cowan.
Zeller Wie mein Ahn 7 zwanzigJahr (DerVogelhandler, Act 2)
Elisabeth Schumann (soprano), Vienna State Opera Orchestra, conductor Karl Alwin
10.04 Beethoven Violin Sonata No 3 in E flat, Op 12 No 3
Arthur Grumiaux , Clara Haskil (piano)
10.24 J Strauss (son) Czardas (Die Fledermaus, Act 2) Ljuba Welitsch
(soprano), New York Metropolitan Opera Association Orchestra, conductor Max Rudolf
10.29 Martinu Les Fresques de Piero della Francesca Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Rafael Kubelik
10.48 Sullivan The Sun Whose Rays Are All Ablaze (The Mikado, Act 2) Elsie Morison (soprano), Pro Arte Orchestra, conductor Malcolm Sargent
10.52 Mozart Piano Concerto No 20 in D minor, K466 Clara Haskil (piano),
Berlin RIAS SO, conductor Ferenc Fricsay
11.22 J Strauss (son) Die Fledermaus, Act 3 Hilde Gueden and Wilma Lipp (sopranos), Sieglinde Wagner (mezzo), Julius Patzak , Anton Dermota and August Jaresch (tenors), Alfred Poell and Kurt Preger
(baritones), Vienna State Opera Chorus, Vienna PO, conductor Clemens Krauss
11.42 D Scarlatti Sonata in B minor, Kk87 Clara Haskil (piano)
11.48 Herbert, arr May March of the Toys (Babes in Toyland)
Billy May and His Orchestra

5/5. Donald Macleod introduces The
Indian Queen- Purcell's last substantial work before his death in 1695. If Music Be the Food of Love
Rogers Covey-Crump (tenor), Mark Caudle (bass viol), David Miller (archlute)
In Guilty Night Emily van Evera (soprano), Charles Daniels (tenor), Simon Grant
(bass), Members of the Taverner Consort, conductor Andrew Parrott
Elegy on the Death of Queen Mary: 0 Dive Custos Auricae Domus Carys Lane and Libby Crabtree (sopranos), Orchestra of the Sixteen, Harry Christophers
The Indian Queen, Acts 3,4 and 5 (excerpts) Gillian Fisher and Rosemary Hardy
(sopranos), John Elwes and Martyn Hill
(tenors), Stephen Varcoe (baritone), David Thomas (bass), Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, conductor John Eliot Gardiner Repeated on Thursday at 12 midnight

Brahms Plus
8/12. Petroc Trelawny introduces a recital given in Symphony Hall, Birmingham, by Ireland's RTE Vanbrugh Quartet.
Schubert String Quartet in C minor, 0703 (Quartetsatz)
Copland Movement
Brahms String Quartet No 3 in B flat, Op 67

St Matthew Passion rThe Bach Choir marks the 150th anniversary of the first British performance of Bach's moving account of the events leading up to the Crucifixion. Recorded at the Royal
Festival Hall and presented by Louise Fryer. Bach St Matthew Passion, BWV244 Christopher Gillett (Evangelist: tenor), Michael George (Christ: bass),
Susan Gritton (soprano), Robin Blaze
(countertenor), Timothy Robinson (tenor), Neal Davies (bass), Adrian Partington
(continuo), Jane Watts (organ), Bach Choir , Florilegium, conductor David Hill

With Sean Rafferty.

5/5. Joan Bakewell meets poet and former priest John O'Donohue , who reflects on the influence on his writing of family, philosophy and the wild Connemara landscape.

A retired tax collector, a travelling preacher, a doctor and a visionary teacher tell their versions of the last 24 hours in the life of Jesus of Nazareth -from the Last Supper to the hurried burial. Matthew, Mark, Luke and John each add to a complex historical account of Christ's Passion, interweaving themes of tradition and betrayal, blasphemy and justice, rejection and sacrifice.
Presented in Jerusalem and London by Christopher Cook , Geoffrey Smith , Jeremy Summerly and Alan Walker , with contributions from Lance Lambert , Elias Chacour , students from Syracuse
University and Archbishop Aristarchos in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. Do This in Remembrance
8.00 Before the Cock Crows
8.30 It Is as You Say
9.00 It Is Finished Producer Antony Pitts

Philip Dodd talks to nun-turned-writer Karen Armstrong. Producer ArianeKoek

Another chance to hear the Matthew Herbert Big Band's set from the Royal Festival Hall at last year's London Jazz Festival, with vocalist Dani Siciliano. Presented by Mark Russell and Robert Sandall.

Evan Parker. Jez Nelson presents highlights from the British saxophonist's US tour last year, With Alexandervon Schlippenbach on piano and Paul Lytton on drums.

With Jonathan Swain.
JH Zang Halleluja , der Sieg ist da
Bach DerHimmel lacht, die Erdejubilieret, BWV31 CPE Bach St Matthew Passion
2.40 Karlowicz Eternal Songs, Op 10
3.10 Mozetich The Passion of Angels
3.30 Anon Bordesholm Lament of the Virgin Mary (excerpts) 4.05 Schmeizer Sonata a 3 (Lamento) 4.10 Rachmaninov Two Etudes-Tableaux, Op 39 4.15 Zemlinsky Heilige Nacht, Op 2 No 2 4.20 Wegelius Rondo quasi Fantasia 4.30 Huzella Miser Catulle
4.35 Hammerschmidt Suite in C (
Erster Fleiss ) 4.50 Fesch Concerto in D, Op 5 No 1
5.00 Bach Overture: Orchestral Suite No 1 in C, BWV1066 5.10 Camiolus Two Easter Motets 5.15 Beethoven Piano Sonata in G minor, Op 49 No 1 5.20 Telemann Viola da Gamba Sonata in A minor (Essercizii Musici ) 5.35 Schubert, orchWebem
German Dances, D820 5.40 Mozart, arr Grieg Sonata in G for two pianos, K283
5.55 Dvorak Legend No 4 in C, Op 59
6.00 Grainger Four Folk Songs
6.15 Juon Two pieces for cello and piano
6.20 Ravel Ballet: Ma Mère rOye 6.50
Stenhammar Florez and Blanzeflor, Op 3