This week Sandy Burnett presents music associated with the Three Choirs Festival, and recordings made by Christopher Hogwood.
7.00-8.30: Beethoven Romance No 2 in F,
Op 50 Thomas Zehetmair (violin), Orchestra of the 18th Century, conductor Frans BrCiggen
Purcell Te Deum in D Taverner Choir, Consort and Players, director Andrew Parrott Mozart Parto, Parto, ma Tu, Ben Mio (La Clemenza di Tito) Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo), Academy of Ancient Music, conductor Christopher Hogwood
8.30-10.00: Tchaikovsky Souvenir de
Florence, Op 70 Raphael Ensemble Haydn
Come il Foco (Orfeo ed Euridice) Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo), Uwe Heilmann (tenor), Academy of Ancient Music, conductorChristopher Hogwood Debussy La Mer New Philharmonia Orchestra, conductor Pierre Boulez

With Rob Cowan. This weekfeaturing Honegger symphonies and recordings by Christian Ferras. Listener request: Offenbach Overture: Orphee aux Enters Concert Society of Paris SO, conductor Rene Leibowitz
10.10 Honegger Sonata for solo violin Christian Ferras
10.26 Listener request: Debussy Préludes, Book 2 (excerpts) Dino Ciani (piano)
10.43 Listener request: Dvorak StringQuintet in E flat, Op 97 Budapest Quartet, Walter Trampler (viola)
11.16 Debussy Violin Sonata in G minor Christian Ferras , Pierre Barbizet (piano)
11.30 Listener request: Honegger Symphony No 1 French National Orchestra, conductor Charles Munch

1/5. Beethoven first established his name not as a composer but as a pianist and, above all, as a phenomenal improviser. Atthetime, the piano was still a relatively new instrument and keyboard players were experimenting with new techniques. Beethoven decided upon the hand position that is generally used today and passed on his ideas and skills to his pupils. Presented by Donald Macleod.
Piano Concerto No 3 in C minor (1st mvt)
Maurizio Pollini , Vienna PO, conductor Karl Bohm Fantasia in C minor for piano, chorus and orchestra Helene Grimaud , Swedish Radio Choir and SO, conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen Triple Concerto in C, Op 56 (Final mvt)
Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Mark Zeltser (piano), Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Herbert von Karajan
Producer Cath McGhee Repeated on Sunday at 12 midnight

Live from the Victoria and Albert Museum , London. Presented by Stephanie Hughes. Llyr Williams (piano)
Chopin Scherzo in C sharp minor, Op 39 Debussy Estampes Janacek In the Mists
Scriabin Sonata No 5, Op 53 Repeated on Saturday at 12 noon

Another chance to hearthe LSO performing Britten's pacifism-inspired War Requiem. Presented by Louise Fryer.
Susan B Anthony (soprano), Ian Bostridge
(tenor), Simon Keenlyside (baritone), Timothy Bond (organ), Finchley Children's Music
Group, LSO and Chorus, conductor Colin Davis Britten Voluntary on Tallis's Lamentations
(first performance): War Requiem Rptd from last Sun

Reprise: Danny Elfman
Composer Danny Elfman talks with Tommy Pearson about his many scores, including
Batman and Edward Scissorhands , and about his most famous piece of work, the theme tune for The Simpsons.

PetrocTrelawny with music and arts news.

Live from the Royal Albert Hall , London. Presented by Sandy Burnett.
Susan Bullock (soprano), BBC Scottish
Symphony Orchestra, conductor Man Volkov Ravel Sheherazade - Ouverture de Féerie Messiaen Poemes pour Mi
7.50 Twenty Minutes: A Great Silent
Tenderness - the Poetry of Cecile Sauvage Philip Bullock looks at the life and work of the French poet and reflects on her relationship with her son, composer Olivier Messiaen.
8.10 Beethoven Symphony No 7 in A Repeated next Wednesday at 2.30pm

Jeremy Noel-Tod goes in search of the origins of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, one of the classic poems of medieval English literature. He also explores poets Simon Armitage and Bernard O'Donoghue's interest in the work as they embark on new translations, and looks at Gawain's significance for today's readers.

Live from the Royal Albert Hall , London. Presented by Paul Guinery. Naji Hakim (organ),
London Winds, director Michael Collins Hakim Ouverture Libanaise
Strauss Serenade in E flat for 13 wind instruments, Op 7
Messiaen Entrée (Les Langues de Feu); Sortie (Le Vent de I 'Esprit) (Messe de la Pentecote) Offrande au Saint-Sacrement
Dieu parmi Nous (La Nativité du Seigneur) Dvorak Serenade in D minor, Op 44 Hakim In Organo, Chordis et Choro

Gershwin piano works played by Dag Achatz.

2/5. Switzerland. Annees de Pelerinage, Annee 1 (Suisse) (excerpts); Totentanz;
Rondeau Fantastique on the Spanish theme El Contrabandista
Repeated from Tuesday at 12 noon

Presented by John Shea.

Danish Radio Young Chamber Group Competition
2/7. More highlights from the first round of the competition, held in February, including performances of Antonio Rosetti, Francaix, Kodaly, Brahms, Ravel, Falla and Debussy.

2.20 Mendelssohn Double Concerto in D minor

3.00 Bach Jesu, Meine Freude

3.20 Busoni Suite No 2. Op 34a

3.50 Moniuszko, arr Stanislaw Wiechowicz and Piotr Mazynski Four Choral Songs

4.00 Liszt Lose Himmel, meine Seele, S494

4.05 Pleter Hellendaal Concerto Grosso in G minor, Op 3 No 1

4.15 Mozart Fantasy in C minor, K475

4.30 Gounod Mab, Reine des Mensonges (Romeo et Juliette)

4.35 Rameau Les Indes Galantes (excerpts)

4.50 Donizetti Overture: La Fille du Regiment

5.00 Poulenc Figure Humaine

5.15 Ravel Alborada del Gracioso

5.25 Walter Piston Prelude and Allegro

5.35 Walton Set Me as a Seal upon Thine Heart

5.40 Handel Ballet Music from II Pastor Fido

5.50 Provenzale to Pur Vi Miro; Me Sento 'na Cosa (Il Schiavo di Sua Moglie)

5.55 Brahms, orch Martin Schmeling Hungarian Dances Nos 3 and 5

6.00 Carlos Guastavino La Rosa yet Sauce

6.05 Suk Suite: A Fairy Tale (Raduz and Mahulena)

6.35 Bartok Old Dance Tunes from Hungarian Peasant Songs

6.40 Bach Violin Concerto in E, BWV1042