Presented by Martin Handley. Music includes:
7.00-8.00: Britten This Little Babe (Ceremony of Carols) Alice Brewer (harp), Westminster Abbey Choir, director Martin Neary
Haydn Piano Sonata in G minor, H XVI 44 Andras Schiff
8.00-9.00: Debussy, arr Caplet Children's
Corner Montreal SO, conductor Charles Dutoit Schubert The Shepherd on the Rock, D965 Barbara Bonney (soprano), Sharon Kam (clarinet), Geoffrey Parsons (piano)

With Louise Fryer. Including a chance to hear
Beethoven's Archduke trio as recommended in yesterday's CD Review.
Berlioz Overture: Roman Carnival
Philharmonia, conductor Herbert von Karajan Glinka You Will Never Come Again Rubinstein Folk Song, Op 48 No 12
Georgi Vinagradov (tenor), Andrei Ivanov (baritone), unnamed pianist
Locatelli Concerto in F, Op 4 No 12 Musica Antiqua Koln , conductor Reinhard Goebel Panufnik Old Polish Suite Polish Chamber
Orchestra, conductor Mariusz Smolij
Bach, transcr Webern Ricercare a 6 (The
Musical Offering, BWV1079) Boston Symphony Orchestra, conductor Seiji Ozawa
Theodorakis, arr Samprovalakis Cretan
Concertino Theodore Kerkezos (saxophone), Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra, conductor Myron Michailidis
Granados, arr Angel Romero Oriental (12 Spanish Dances, Op 5)
Angel and Celendonio Romero (guitars)
Chabrier/t la Musique Barbara Hendricks (soprano), Toulouse-Midi-Pyrenees Female Chorus, Toulouse Capitole Orchestra, conductor Michel Plasson Korngold Scherzo (Sinfonietta) Berlin Radio
Symphony Orchestra, conductor Gerd Albrecht Chopin Four Mazurkas, Op 41 Artur Rubinstein (piano) Berlioz Will o'the Wisp; Ballet of the Sylphs
(The Damnation of Faust) Cleveland Orchestra, conductor George Szell.

Michael Berkeley 's first guest of 2007 is Dr Miriam Stoppard , writer, broadcaster and an authority on parenting, baby and child-care, and women's health. Her musical choices range from works by Vaughan Williams , Sibelius, Puccini, Britten and Debussy, to Cole Porter , Miles Davis playing Gershwin, and Pink Floyd.

American tenor Michael Slattery and lutenist Jakob Lindberg perform lute songs from 16th-century Europe. Music includes works by Dowland, Henry Lawes and Monteverdi.

A concert given last month at the Pleyel Hall in Paris. Presented by Stephanie Hughes. Soile Isokoski (soprano), Radio France
Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Paavo Jarvi Strauss Don Juan ; Capriccio (final scene); Ein Heldenleben

Listeners' requests this week include Saint-Saens's Africa Fantasy, Walton's Coronation Anthem and Jacqueline du Pre's classic 1965 recording of Eigar's Cello Concerto, with the LSO conducted by John Barbirolli. Producer Deborah Preston
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Composer and writer Ned Rorem talks to Tom Service about how his words and music are inextricably linked in his new collection of diaries, Facing the Night. Plus a report from Tel Aviv on the 70th anniversary of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, and a look behind the scenes at the National Youth Orchestra's new-year celebrations in Oxfordshire. Producer Jeremy Evans

Stravinsky Octet

To mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's classic tragedy, another chance to hear this classic radio production with Corin Redgrave in the title role. A tale of treachery and betrayal that traces the consequences of evil triumphing over truth, and of the vanity of old age, all set in motion when Lear banishes his favourite daughter, Cordelia, from court. With an introduction by Richard Eyre.
Music by Elizabeth Parker ; Director Cherry Cookson
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Heinrich von Kleist died by his own hand in 1811 at the age of 34. Though his work would eventually earn him a place in German literature he received practically no recognition in his lifetime. Ivan Howlett explores his life and work. Producer Angela Hind

1/5. With Donald Macleod. Violin Concerto in B minor, RV386; Trio Sonata in E flat, RV65, Concerto in G minor for two violins and cello,
RV578; Vengo a Voi, LuciAdorate, RV682; Violin Sonata in C, RV1 Repeated from Tuesday

Presented by Louise Fryer. Olsson Two Latin Hymns, Op 40
Purcell, arr Sandstrom Hear My Prayer (Psalm 102:2)
James MacMillan Cantos Sagrados Jan Sandstrom Gloria Thomas Jennefelt ODomine Sven-David Sandstrom Singer dem Herrn Swedish Radio Chorus, conductor Peter Djikstra
2.12 Bach Partita No I in B flat, BWV825 2.31 Mendelssohn Symphony No 5 in D (Reformation) 2.59 Liszt Liebestraume
3.05 Kodaly Suite: Hary Janos 3.28
Sarasate Zigeunerweisen , Op 20 3.38 Zarzycki Polish Suite, Op 37
4.04 Handel Meine Seele ho'rt im Sehen, HWV207 4.11 Verdi 0 Padre Nostro 4.18 Rimsky-Korsakov The Three Wonders (The Tale of Tsar Saltan) 4.26 Chopin Variations Brillantes in B flat on a Theme Ludovic 4.33 Massenet Et Je Sais Votre Nom; Nous Vivrons a Paris.... Tous les Deux (Manon) 4.41 Mozart Piano Sonata in C, K545 4.52 Paclus Overture: King Charles's Hunt 5.00 Karlowicz Stanislaw and Anna of Oswiecim, Op 125.22 Sven-David Sandstrom A New Heaven and a New Earth 5.31 Krelsier Liebesleid , Old
Viennese Dance No 2 5.35 J Strauss (son), arr Schoenberg Emperor Waltz 5.47 Field Rondo in A flat 5.55 Llvadic
Notturno in F minor 6.03 Goldmark Night Piece (The Queen ofSheba) 6.11 Purcell Pavan in G minor. Z752 6.16 Bach Suite No I in C, BWVI066 6.42 Nielsen Little Suite, Op 1