Presented by Sandy Burnett. Music includes:
7.00-8.30: Prokofiev Toccata
Martha Argerich (piano)
Veraclni Overture No 5 in B flat
Musica Antiqua , Köln, director Reinhard Goebel Leonard Bernstein Three Dance Episodes (On the Town), New York PO, conducted by the composer
8.30-10.00 Mozart Church Sonata in C, K263
Peter Hurford (organ), Amsterdam Mozart Players Chopin Grand Concert Rondo, Op 14 (Krakowiak) Garrick Ohlsson (piano), Polish National RSO, conductor Jerzy Maksymiuk
Fasch Concerto for flute, oboe and strings Karl Kaiser (flute), Hans-Peter Westermann (oboe), instrumental ensemble

With Jonathan Swain.
Offenbach Overture: La Belle Helene
Vienna State Opera Orchestra, conductor Hermann Scherchen
10.11 Debussy Violin Sonata
Christian Tetzlaff, Leif Ove Andsnes (piano)
10.25 Honeqqer Pastorale d'Ete Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Hermann Scherchen
10.34 Beethoven String Quartet in B flat, Op 130 (with Grosse Fuge Op 133 as finale) Juilliard Quartet
11.24 Bach St John Passion, BWV245 (conclusion) Jon van Kesteren (tenor), Phyllis Curtin (soprano), Waldemar Kmentt (tenor),
Vienna Academy Chorus, Vienna State Opera Orchestra, conductor Hermann Scherchen

Handel in London: Five Musical Walks.
2/5. Donald Macleod traces Handel's royal connections, beginning at Westminster Abbey, where he meets the organist James O'Donnell to survey Handel's decorative tomb. He is then joined by Lewis Foreman for a stroll along Whitehall to Banqueting House and Queen Mary's Steps on the River Thames, where the royal party of 1717 departed for the famous performance of Water Music. The final stop is the Chapel Royal at St James's Palace.

Coronation Anthem No V. Zadok the Priest, HWV258 Trevor Pinnock (organ), Choir of Westminster Abbey, English Concert, director Simon Preston Utrecht Te Deum Choir of St Paul's Cathedral, Parley of Instruments, conductor John Scott Water Music Suite in D/G (excerpt) The English Concert, director Trevor Pinnock (harpsichord) Eternal Source of Light Divine (Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne)
Robin Blaze (countertenor), Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Academy of Ancient Music, conductor Stephen Cleobury Repeated on Monday at 12 midnight

BBC New Generation Artists in Manchester 1/4. Verity Sharp introduces a concert given at the Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, the first in a series this week featuring BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists.
Psophos Quartet
Prokofiev String Quartet No 1, Op 50
Schumann Quartet in A minor, Op 41 No 1

BBC Philharmonic
A programme of music by Arnold Bax , live from the Studio 7 Concert Hall in Manchester. Presented by Petroc Trelawny .
BBC Philharmonic, conductor Vernon Handley Bax The Happy Forest; Nympholept; Prologue: Into the Twilight (Eire)
Bax, orch Graham Pariett Red Autumn Bax Northern Ballades Nos 1-3

A specially recorded session in which the baritone Konrad Jarnot is joined at the piano by lain Burnside for a selection of songs by Duparc, Schubert, Dvorak and Brahms. Producer Emma Bloxham

Sean Rafferty presents a selection of music and news from the arts world.

Aled Jones continues this week's selection of choral masterpieces for Christmas with two contrasting accounts of the Christmas story. Schutz Christmas Story, SWV435
Taverner Consort, Choir and Players, director Andrew Parrott
Vaughan Williams Hodie Elizabeth Gale (mezzo), Robert Tear (tenor), Stephen Roberts (baritone), London Symphony Chorus,
Choristers of St Paul's Cathedral, London
Symphony Orchestra, conductor Richard Hickox

Isabel Hilton and guests discuss Mel Gibson 's new film Apocalypto. More Braveheart than The Passion of the Christ, Apocalypto is set in Central America 3,000 years ago and performed in Mayan dialect. But with its tale of indigenous culture, will it draw the Latino and Native American audiences the way his previous film attracted Christians? Producer Phil Tinline

Verity Sharp sprinkles seasonal sounds among the usual rich mix of music.

3/5. Donald Macleod introduces three works, written during the first years of Gustav Mahler's marriage, that celebrate his love for his new wife. Symphony No 5 (Adagietto)
New York PO, conductor Zubin Mehta
Ich atmet' einen linden Duft; Um Mitternacht; Liebst du um Schönheit; Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen (Ruckert-Lieder) Brigitte Fassbaender (mezzo), Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor Riccardo Chailly
Symphony No 6 (Istmvt) Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Herbert von Karajan Repeated from Wednesday

With John Shea.

Purcell Music for a While: Sweeter Than Roses Blow Tell Me No More

Bach Brunnquell aller Guter, BWV445, Kommt, Seelen, dieser Tag, BWV479

Stolzel Bist du bei mir

Handel Nel Dolce Tempo

Krieger An die Einsamkeit

- Andreas Scholl (countertenor), Markus Markl (harpsichord)

1.46 Rameau L'Apotheose de la Danse

2.24 Mozart Piano Concerto No 17 in C, K453

2.59 Schumann Liederkreis, Op 39

3.25 Mozart String Quartet in B flat, K458 (Hunt)

3.54 Schubert Variations in E minor, D802

4.09 Lassus Jubilate Deo; to Ti Voria: Tristis Est Anima Mea

4.14 Holst Oriental Suite: Beni Mora, Op 29 No 1

4.30 Boccherini Harpsichord Concerto in E flat

4.47 Chopin Mazurka in B minor, Op 33 No 4

4.52 Sorkochevich Sinfonie in D

5.00 Auber Overture: Le Cheval de Bronze

5.08 Franck Offertoire in E flat

5.14 Handel, arr Steele-Perkins Three Airs from Vauxhall Gardens

5.26 Gurney The Carol of the Skiddway Yowkes

5.29 Mozart Piano Sonata in G, K283

5.42 Bree Allegro in D minor

5.53 Zelenka Sinfonia (8 Concertanti in A minor, ZWV189)

6.02 Britten Five Flower Songs

6.13 Brahms, arr Squarcia Three Hungarian Dances

6.22 Schubert Notturno in E flat, D897

6.31 Dukas Villanelle

6.38 Rachmaninov Barcarolle: Romance: Humoresque (Morceaux de Salon, Op 10)

6.51 Vivaldi Concerto da Camera in C