Presented by Martin Handley. Music includes:
7.00-8.00: Wagner Ride of the Valkyries (Die
Walkure) Tchaikovsky, arr Liszt Polonaise from Eugene Onegin
8.00-9.00: Mozart: Ch'io Mi Scordi di Te? K505 Saint-Saens Septet in E flat, Op 65
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Andrew McGregor is joined live in the studio by Hilary Finch , Stephen Johnson and Geoffrey Smith to delivert their collective critical response to some of the year's best recordings.
10.20 Dermot Clinch has been listening to three recent recordings of Handel's Messiah.

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Handel and the Orchestra
What sort of ear did Handel have for orchestral colour? What dictated his choice of instruments in an aria? Looking back to a time when the orchestra was yet to be standardised, Catherine Bott considers the subject, with music from the operas and oratorios, including Giulio Cesare , Riccardo Primo and Saul. Producer Chris Wines

Helen Mayhew talks to alto saxophonist
Benjamin Herman , who recently toured and recorded with British pianist Stan Tracey.
She also talks to American pianist and vocalist Patricia Barber , who was performing in London recently. Producer Keith Loxam

Geoffrey Smith presents listeners'jazz requests. ADDRESS: Jazz Record Requests, BBC Radio 3. Broadcasting House, London W1A IAA
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Arrangers Anonymous
3/4. Russell Davies is joined by Barry Forgie and Steve Gray in the series in which they analyse and deconstruct a collection of outstanding jazz scores. Today they turn their attention to Us, an original composition and arrangement by Thad Jones. Producer Graham Pass

Margaret Juntwait presents a performance of Verdi's Rigoletto live from New York's Metropolitan Opera. This tragic story of a hunchback jester and his beautiful daughter has enthralled opera lovers for over 150 years.
Chorus and Orchestra of the New York
Metropolitan Opera, conductor Friedrich Haider

7.20 Twenty Minutes: Richard Bonynqe - the Complete Magpie
The conductor gives Martin Handley a tour of his musical memorabilia.

7.40 Act 2

8.20 Met Opera Quiz
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8.40 Act 3

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Ian McMillan is joined in the studio by the novelist Benjamin Markovits , author of a specially commissioned Verb Christmas children's story, and by poet Alan Brownjohn , who looks back at his life and work.
Producer Laura Thomas

The Charming Mr Kharms
Daniii Kharms was a Russian absurdist who wrote hilarious microscopic playlets about the silliness of the human condition. They're menacing distillations that are Kafka shrunk to a pinhead. Stalin threw him in prison and he died. The end. Music by Haflidi Hallgrimsson ; Producer Matt Thompson

Huddersfield2006
Robert Worby and Sara Mohr-Pietsch introduce further highlights from this year's Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, featuring a rare appearance in this country of the German group Zeitkratzer and performances from new experimentalists Phil Thomas and James Saunders. John Caqe Four
John Tenney Critical Band John Caqe Five Zeitkratzer
John Caqe Electronic Music for piano Alvin Lucier Still Lives
John Lely All about the Piano (first performance)
Phil Thomas (piano), James Saunders (electronics)

With John Shea. Tchalkovsky String Quartet No 3 in E flat minor, Op 30 Stravinsky Three Pieces for string quartet Shostakovich String Quartet No 3, Op 73 Kopelman Quartet
2.19. Moszkowski Piano Concerto in E 2.56 Villa-Lobos Bachianas Brasileiras No 5 3.09 Hummel Trumpet Concerto in E flat 3.28 Chopin Ce//o Sonata in G minor, Op 65
3.59 Handel Oboe Sonata in A minor, HWV362
4.06 Gershwin Piano Preludes 4.14 Elqar Serenade for Strings 4.26 Handel Return, 0 God of Hosts (Samson)
4.35 Mozart 12 Variations on Ah! Vous Dirai-Je, Maman, K265
4.48 Biber Sonata Violino Solo Representiva 5.00 WF Bach Sinfonie in F 5.12 Borodin Notturno (String Quartet No 2 in D)
5.21 Mozart Piano Sonata in C, K545 5.32 Groneman Sonata in G for two flutes 5.40 Monteverdi Vattene Pur,
Crudel 5.47 Krelsler Praeludium and Allegro 5.53 Dvorak Prague Waltzes 6.02 Hoist Wind Quintet in A flat, Op 14
6.16 Gade At Sunset, Op 46 6.24 Mendelssohn Three Etudes, Op 104 6.32 wagensell Trombone Concerto in E flat 6.42 Handel Dica ii Falso, Dica ii Vero (Alessandro)
6.48 Vivaldi Concerto da Camera in D, RV94