Presented by Penny Gore . Music includes:
7.00-8.30: Rouget de Lisle, arr Berlioz La Marseillaise Liszt Harmonies du Soir
(Transcendental Studies) Dvorak Intermezzo in B
8.30-10.00: Mehul Chant National Ives Three Places in New England Gossec Symphonie a 17 Parties

With Jonathan Swain and Rob Cowan.
Tallis Spem in Alium Choir of King's College, Cambridge, director David Willcocks
10.13 Dohnanyi Konzertstuck , Op 12 Janos Starker (cello), Philharmonia, conductor Walter Susskind
10.36 Stravinsky Symphonies of Wind Instruments Prague Chamber Harmony, conductor Libor Pesek
10.47 Mondonville Sonata in C, Op 3 No 4 Les Musiciens du Louvre, conductor Marc Minkowski
11.00 Brian Symphony No 6 (Sinfonia Tragica) LPO, conductor Myer Fredman
11.22 Campion Care-Charming Sleep Alfred Deller (countertenor), Desmond Dupre (lute)
11.28 Torsten Rasch Mutter Orchesterlied No 1 (Mein Herz Brennt) Rene Pape (bass), Dresden Symphony Orchestra, conductor John Carewe
10.35 Haydn Symphony No 88 in G Berlin PO, conductor Eugen Jochum

3/5. Going Solo. Hummel's reputation as a composer grew despite the erratic fortunes of his performing career. With Donald Macleod.
Six Waltzes for the Apollo Saal, Op 91 No 1 Anthony Goldstone and Caroline Clemmow (piano duet) Clarinet Quartet in E flat (2nd mvt) Fabrizio Meloni (clarinet), Andrea Pecolo (violin), Luca Ranieri (viola), Mario Finotti (cello)
Piano Concerto in A minor (1st mvt)
Stephen Hough , English Chamber Orchestra, conductor Bryden Thomson
String Quartet in C, Op 30 No 1 Delme Quartet Repeated on Tuesday 3 January at 12 midnight

Celebrating Mozart
2/4. Mozart's music for four hands at one piano, introduced by Sara Mohr-Pietsch .
Artur Pizarro and Vita Panomariovaite (piano duet) Mozart Sonata in F for piano duet. K497; Sonata in C for piano duet, K521

BBC Symphony Orchestra 75th Anniversary Presented by John Shea.
Vaughan Williams Symphony No 8 Conductor Leopold Stokowksi
Brahms Symphony No 4 in E minor (4th mvt) Conductor Bruno Walter
Witold Lutoslawski Partita
Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), Philip Moll (piano) conducted by the composer
Scriabin Symphony No 3 (The Divine Poem) Conductor John Pritchard

Live from Eton College Chapel with the Rodolfus Choir. Introit: Coventry Carol (arr Francis Grier ). Responses: Howells. Psalms 123 and 128 (Allwood, Goss). First Reading: Isaiah 49, vv14-25. Office Hymn: All as God Wills , Who Wisely Heeds (Stracathro). Canticles: Arvo Part. Second
Reading: Matthew 2, vv13-18. Anthems: The
Carol of the Holy Innocent (John Madden ). Vox in Rama (Giaches de Wert). Final Hymn: All My Hope on God Is Founded (Michael). Organ Voluntary: Annum per Annum (Arvo Part).
Director Ralph Allwood. Organist David Goode.
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3/10. 1945-51: A Time of New Beginnings Presented by Martin Handley.
Peter Wishart Alleluya , A New Work Is Come in Hand Polyphony, conductor Stephen Layton Britten Occasional Overture CBSO/Rattle
Maconchy String Quartet No 5 Bingham Quartet Dyson Veni Emmanuel (Concerto da Chiesa)
Bournemouth SO, conductor David Lloyd-Jones Eric Ball Resurgam Grimethorpe Colliery Band, conductor Elgar Howarth
Finzi Clarinet Concerto Alan Hacker. English String Orchestra, conductor William Boughton Vaughan Williams Music and Silence Joyful
Company of Singers, conductor Peter Broadbent

A selection of Tchaikovsky songs from
Christianne Stotijn (mezzo) and Julius Drake
(piano), and Shostakovich's Viola Sonata, Op 147, from Antoine Tamestit with Markus Hadulla (piano). Presented by Verity Sharp.

BBC Symphony Orchestra at the Barbican Donald Runnicles makes a welcome return to the BBC Symphony Orchestra to conduct two sacred masterpieces. Presented by Paul Guinery. Sarah Connolly (mezzo), Christopher Maltman (baritone), Cynthia Millar (ondes martenot),
Steven Osborne (piano), BBC Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Donald Runnicles Messiaen Trois Petites Liturgies Duruflé Requiem

3/5. Joan Bakewell asks Professor Alister McGrath about what he believes and why. Continues tomorrow at 10pm

Given in August at the Royal Albert Hall , London. The Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir with Christopher Bowers-Broadbent (organ), directed by Paul Hillier , perform a selection of Arvo Part's sacred texts, interspersed with plainchant and motets from the 12th to the 14th centuries. Presented by Martin Handley.

Presented by Warwick Thompson.
Susan Bullock (soprano), BBC Scottish
Symphony Orchestra, conductor David AthertoP Henry Gorecki Symphony No 3 (Symphony of Sorrowful Songs)

4/5. Presented by Donald Macleod.
Spirit My Heart Away; Scherzo a la Russe, Op I No Variations on a Rococo Theme; Symphony No 2 in C minor (Little Russian) (excerpt); Dumka, Op 59 Repeated from Thursday 15 December at 12 noon

With John Shea. Van Cliburn performs piano music by Brahms, Beethoven, Barber and Chopin. 2.25 Vedel Oh God, My Hope Is Only in You 2.35 Franck Rédemption
3.33 Mendelssohn String Quartet in A minor. Op 13
4.05 Schumann Traumerei , Op 15 No 7 4.08 Liszt
Liebestraum No 3 4.13 Gossec Symphony in D, Op 5 No 5 (Pastorella) 4.29 Bernardi Ah, Dolente Partita
4.31 Villa-Lobos Introduction to Choros 4.45 Vives La
Presumida; El Retrato de Isabela 4.50 Ruzdjak Five Songs
5.00 Mozart Overture: Cosi Fan Tutte 5.05 Verdi Alzati ! la Tuo Figlio (Un Ballo in Maschera) 5.12 Strauss, arr
Hasenohrl Till Eulenspiegel ― Einmal Anders 5.21 Pijper La Maumariee 5.26 Suchon Little Suite with Passacaglia, Op 3 5.36 Tchaikovsky Marche Slave, Op 31 SA7 KomowicZ Waiting 5.57 Ravel Sonata for violin and cello 6.19 Weiner Serenade in F minor, Op 3 6.41 Dahl Concerto a Tre