Presented by Penny Gore . Music includes:
7.00-8.30: Berlioz Rakoczy March Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, conductor David Zinman Schumann Fantasiestucke, Op 73
Michael Collins (clarinet), Kathryn Stott (piano) Jenkins Fantasy a 5 in D
Paul Nicholson (organ), Fretwork
8.30-10.00: Smetana Vltava (Ma Vlast) London Classical Players, conductor Roger Norrington Handel Suite in D, HWV349
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Bernstein, arr David Brohn Suite: West Side Story Joshua Bell (violin), Philharmonia, conductor David Zinman

Presented by Jonathan Swain. Featuring Palestrina choral works and recordings by Dimitri Mitropoulos. Vauqhan Williams Fantasia on a theme of Thomas Tallis Strings of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos 10.15 Palestrina Missa Papae Marcelli King's College
Choir, Cambridge, conductor David Willcocks
10.50 Debussy La Mer New York Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos
11.14 Bach Partita No 2 in C minor, BWV826 Martha Argerich (piano)
11.35 Rachmaninov The Isle of the Dead, Op 29 Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos

1/5. Early Years. Donald Macleod traces the composer's journey from jobbing pianist to rising star.
Meine Liebe ist grun, Op 63 No 5 Cornelia Kallisch (mezzo), Gabriel Dobner (piano)
Clarinet Sonata in F minor, Op 120 No 1 (fourth mvt) Richard Stoltzman , Richard Goode (piano) Hungarian Dances Nos 1, 3 and 10 London
Symphony Orchestra, conductor Neeme Jarvi Violin Sonata in G, Op 78 (first mvt)
Pinchas Zukerman , Daniel Barenboim (piano) Four Ballades, Op 10 Stephen Hough (piano)
Producer Chris Taylor Repeated on Sunday at 12 midnight RT DIRECT: Brahms Masterworks dOCDs) is available for
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nLive from the Wigmore Hall in London,
Verity Sharp introduces a concert given by Radio 3 New Generation Artists, the Ebene Quartet.
Ravel String Quartet in F
Haydn String Quartet in G, Op 76 No 1

BBC Symphony Orchestra and BBC Singers: BBC Singers Touring Mexico
This week's programmes feature music recorded by the BBC Singers during their tour of Mexico in October, including extracts from an audio diary kept by BBC Singer Rebecca Lodge. Presented by Louise Fryer.
Tallis Loquebantur Variis Linguis
Mario Lavista Gloria (Missa Brevis ad Consolationis Dominam Nostram) Conductor Odaline de la Martinez
Gubaidulina Stimmen ... verstummen....
(Symphony in 12 movements) Conductor Reinbert de Leeuw
Mario Lavista Sanctus/Benedictus (Missa Brevis ad Consolationis Dominam Nostram) Conductor Odaline de la Martinez
Ravel Piano Concerto in G
With Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano), conductor Jiri Belohlavek
Purcell Hear My Prayer
Mario Lavista Agnus Dei (Missa Brevis ad Consolationis Dominam Nostram) Conductor Odaline de la Martinez
Schoenberg Accompaniment to a Film Scene, Op 34 Conductor Rumon Gamba
Shostakovich Suite: Hamlet (incidental music, Op 32a) Conductor Maxim Shostakovich

Emmerich Kalman
In a new-year exploration of the music of one of the greatest operetta composers, Edward Seckerson talks to tenor/director Nigel Douglas about the Hungarian-born composer of The Gypsy Princess and Countess Maritza who tried to bring jazz to Vienna in 1928 with The Duchess of Chicago. Producer Bill Lloyd

Sean Rafferty presents music and arts news.

A concert given at London's Royal Albert Hall , introduced by Petroc Trelawny . Bruch's romantic concerto contrasts with Shostakovich's epic symphony, which arguably heralded a new sense of freedom found in Russia after the death of Stalin, and portrayed all the strife and uncertain hopes of the mid-20th century. Joshua Bell (violin), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Daniele Gatti
Bruch Violin Concerto No 1 in G minor Shostakovich Symphony No 10

La Serenissima Vivaldi Trio Sonata in C, RV60;
Tra I'Erbe i Zeffiri, RV669

Throughout this week Night Waves explores some of the big ideas that might concern us in 2007. Tonight Philip Dodd and his guests discuss the buoyant emerging cultures of India and China, and Dodd talks to political philosopher
Ronald Dworkin about our unquestioning acceptance of democracy as being the best system of government around the world. Producer Anthony Denselow

Fiona Talkington introduces 13th-century
French song from Ensemble Gilles Binchois , a movement from Mary Lou Williams 's 1945
Zodiac Suite and Norwegian group Wibutee.

2/5. With Donald Macleod. Laudate Dominum,
RV606; Clarae Stellae , Scintillate, RV625; Violin
Concerto in F, RV293 (Autumn) (The Four Seasons); Gloria in D, RV589 Repeated from Wednesday

Presented by Louise Fryer. Shostakovich Preludes and Fugues, Op 87 Giampaolo Nuti (piano) 2.08 Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No 6 in B flat, BWV10512.25 Brahms Three Songs, Op 42 2.36 Strauss Metamorphosen
3.06 Dvorak Trio in E minor, Op 90 (Dumky) 3.41 Debussy Jeux 4.00 Castelnuovo-Tedesco Capriccio Diabolico for guitar, Op 85 4.09 Rimsky-Korsakov Capriccio Espagnol , Op 34 4.26 Granados The Maiden and the Nightingale, Op 11 No 4 4.33 Josquin des Prez Cantate Domine; 0 Bone et Dulcissime Jesu 4.40 Weber Clarinet Concertino in E flat, Op 26 4.50 Marcello Concerto in D minor
5.00 Shostakovich Festive Overture, Op 96 5.06 Rimsky-Korsakov Trombone Concerto in B flat 5.18 Rameau Les
Indes Calantes (excerpts) 5.24 CPE Bach Wer ist so wurdig als du, Wq222 5.30 Telemann Flute Sonata in D
5.42 Geljer Violin Sonatina in A flat
5.56 Kuula Festive March, Op 13
6.06 Mozart Overture: Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail
6.12 Schubert String Quartet in C, D32
6.32 Haydn Symphony No 99 in E flat