Presented by Martin Handley. Music includes:
7.00-8.00: Monteverdi Ave Maris Stella
(Vespro della Beata Vergine) Ravel Ma Mere /'Oye
8.00-9.00: Handel Organ Concerto in B flat,
Op 7 No 1 Rimsky-Korsakov Capriccio Espagnol

With Rob Cowan.

Features include The Innocent Ear and a Bargain Hunter CD recommendation. Plus the recommended recording of Elgar's Falstaff from yesterday's CD Review.

Plus:

Cherubini Overture: Ali-Baba NBC Symphony Orchestra, conductor Arturo Toscanini

Mozart Quando Avran (Idomeneo) - Sena Jurinac (soprano), Glyndebourne Festival Orchestra, conductor Fritz Busch

Dvorak Slavonic Rhapsody in D, Op 45 No 1 - Czech PO, conductor Bohumil Gregor

Bach Concerto in G minor, BWV975 (after Vivaldi) - Alexandre Tharaud (piano)

Rachmaninov Three Russian Songs, Op 14 - Latvian State Choir, Nordic SO, conductor Anu Tali

Handel Cara Pianta (Apollo e Dafne) - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Berlin PO, conductor Gunther Weissenborn

Haydn Symphony No 70 in D minor - Esterhazy Orchestra, conductor David Blum

Pilkington O Softly Singing Lute - Deller Consort

Howard Hanson Suite: The Merry Mount - Eastman-Rochester Orchestra conducted by the composer

Grieg Symphonic Dance, Op 64 No 2 - RPO, conductor Thomas Beecham

Couperin Premier Concert in G (Concerts Royaux) - Musica ad Rhenum

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Another chance to hear the musical passions of Elvis Costello , who was Michael Berkeley 's first guest ten years ago.

Presenter Andrew McGregor , editor of fftoofs magazine Ian Anderson , and musician/producer Ben Mandelson discuss the story of the current world music industry. And Lucy Duran makes a musical salad in the studio with the Afro Celts. With music and documentary features at approximately:
1.05 Birth-Music and the Rhythms of Family Life A Yiddish lullaby and music from Senegalese duo Pape and Cheikh.
1.30 Finding an Audience The fairy-tale rise of Ali Farka Toure from Malian farmer to award-winning star, related by Andy Kershaw. And
Njane Mugambe goes in search of pure tradition.
1.50 Working Songs and Table Music
Songs from millet grinders in northern Cameroon and songs about potato harvesting in Bolivia.
2.30 Nurturing a Brand Francis Gay from
Funkhaus Europa and Charlie Gillett talk about world music on the radio, Catherine Guilyardi talks about the French connection, and Bill Badley discusses the wandering tones of the Bedouin.
2.45 Lovers' Laments and Wedding Grooves Rosalee McFall performed by the Laurel Fork Travelers, the infectious passions of flamenco singer Ginesa Ortega , and an Australian version of the ballad Barbara Allen.
4.00 Crossing the Borders Peter Gabriel contributes to a discussion about world music festivals; Wah! - a beginners' guide to the Indian classical tradition; Jameela Siddiqi 's memory of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan; and Simon Broughton and Robin Denselow consider how creativity can flourish amid war and destruction.
4.20 Courtly Music and Protest Songs The Balinese gambuh dance, depicting the battle with evil king Tan Mundur, and a look at the imperial traditions of China.
5.00 Dressing the Mix World music on the dance floor with Clotaire K, Doudou Sarr ,
Max Reinhardt and Rita Ray ; a look at the remarkable growth in popularity of klezmer music; and Ivan Hewett questions the attitudes of Western composers to world music.
5.20 Music over the Horizon Kurdish epic chant and Strings of Pearls from the Klezmatics.
5.45 Stepping out of the Box Aysegul Merrick from Turkey, Stella Chiweshe from Zimbabwe, and music from the top of the globe with Fiona Talkington and Sami singer Ailu Gaup. And Andrew McGregor surveys the final frontiers of world music. Producer Helene Rammant and Antony Pitts

The Poll Winners' Concert, held yesterday at the Sage Gateshead, featuring performances from winners in seven of the categories of this year's awards - Tinariwen (Mali),
Kaushiki Chakrabarty (India), Lhasa (Canada), Amparanoia (Spain), Bebo and Cigala (Cuba and Spain),
Chango Spasiuk (Argentina), and Khaled (Algeria) - and the announcement of the Audience Award. Introduced by Lucy Duran and hosted by Eliza Carthy and Benjamin Zephaniah.
Highlights can be seen on BBC4on Friday at 9pm
Phill Jupitus on Youssou N'Dour: page 44

Two plays by Swedish polymath August Strindberg.

Playing with Fire
A black comedy of manners.
A young artist visits the seaside home of a wealthy bourgeois family and renews his romantic pursuit of his host's wife. Translated by Eivor Martinus.
Director Peter Kavanagh

The Pelican
After the death of their father, a brother and sister discover disturbing truths about their mother. Translated by Charlotte Barslund .

1/2. Donald Macleod surveys the music of Alan Hovhaness. Repeated from Monday at 12 noon

Presented by John Shea. Mendelssohn Elijah 2.55 Weber Piano Sonata No 4 in E minor, Op 70 3.15 Mozart Overture: The Marriage of Figaro 3.20 Brahms Piano Quintet in F minor, Op 34 4.05 Hoist, arr Walsh St Paul 's Suite
4.20 Grainger Ramble on a theme from Der Rosenkavalier
4.25 Frescobaldi Canzona Nona , detta La Gualterina a due canti 4.30 Albicastro Trio Sonata, Op 8 No 11
4.40 Gherardello da Firenze De Poni Amor a Me
4.45 Giustini Piano Sonata in C. Op 1 No 9 5.00 Gibbons The Silver Swan Erkel Swan Song 5.05 Lanqqaard 3 Rose Garden Songs 5.15 Sibelius Valse Triste 5.25 D'lndla Intenerite Voi , Lagrime Mie ; Parlo Miser' 0 Taccio?
5.30 Schubert Variations in E minor, D802 5.45 Wolf-Ferrari Suite Concertino, Op 16 6.05 Debussy Prelude a I'Apres-Midi d'un Faune 6.15 Rovetta La Bella Erminia
6.25 Bach, arr Busoni Chaconne in D minor, BWV1004
6.40 Mozart Bassoon Concerto in B flat, K191