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Legendary pianist and conductor Daniel Barenboim

Daniel Barenboim performs Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 7 in D major as part of BBC Radio 3's ongoing cycle of the complete Beethoven Piano Sonatas.

Barenboim has played the Beethoven piano sonatas for more than 50 years and offers a profound insight into this repertoire. Today's performance comes from his first recording of the complete sonatas, recorded in London between 1966 and 1969.

Presenter/James Jolly, Producer/Richard Denison

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Distinguished American cellist Lynn Harrell joins conductor Donald Runnicles and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in this mix of music by French composers.

Dutilleux extended the colour palette of his earlier compatriots, and his elusive, nocturnal cello concerto Tout un monde lointain is a finely nuanced work. Its inspiration came from the poetry of Baudelaire, especially a line that gave it its title: "A whole distant world ... dwells in your depths, oh scented forest." Also inspired by literature was Ravel's wonderful ballet score for Mother Goose.

Finally, Spain – often such a great source of inspiration for French composers – forms the exotic backdrop to both Debussy's Iberia and Ravel's ever-popular showpiece, Bolero.

The programme is followed by the Arcanto Quartet, recorded earlier this year at Wigmore Hall, London.

Presenter/Catherine Bott, Producer/Janet Tuppen

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The Light Switch Project follows presenter Toby Jones on a journey into an act people take for granted every day.

Challenged to develop a piece of theatre about climate change, Toby was struggling for ideas. Then it hit him. If people could understand what happens when a light switch is turned on, they might make sure they turn off lights.

On his journey Toby meets various experts to explain the evolution of the eye, the workings of the national grid and the fact that people don't really know what electricity is. His journey also uncovers the carboniferous tree that made the lump of coal that burnt to make the light bulb glow. All from the Pandora's Box of a simple question – what happens when you turn on a light switch?

Presenter/Toby Jones, Producer/James Cook for the BBC

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In 1939, the BBC recorded the sound of two trumpets discovered in Tutankhamun's tomb. The British trumpeter who played them allowed the haunting music that had been silent for 3,000 years to be heard once more.

Today, the recording has added poignancy as one of the trumpets is among the many artefacts stolen from the Cairo Museum during the recent revolution. In this programme, archaeologist Christine Finn, who travelled to Egypt upon news of the uprising and chronicled the looting of archaeological sites, tells the story of the trumpet with the help of Egyptologist Margaret Maitland.

Christine hears an account of the 1939 recording from the son of the original bandsman, himself also a trumpeter, and from the diary of Rex Keating, who recorded the event.

Christine also considers how archaeology has revealed other "ghost music" and reflects on the role of these musical, archaeological discoveries in modern composition.

Presenter/Christine Finn, Producer/Marya Burgess for the BBC

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A woman missing since 1945 is seen in a deserted guest house in this atmospheric thriller by Alastair Jessiman. Glasgow's psychic detective, Thomas Soutar, investigates.

Thomas's mother has been forced to close her guest house due to emergency building work. An old friend, retired hotelier Jack Cameron, offers her the use of his guest house, now lying empty. Reluctant to allow his mother to stay in the house alone, Thomas persuades his girlfriend, Kat, to stay with them.

Soon tensions become evident between Kat, Thomas and his mother. The house sits on a hill, isolated, cold and gloomy. Thomas senses a malignant presence – and he hears an old woman calling out for help.

Even Kat detects a strange atmosphere and, one night, Thomas's mother is sure she sees a face in her bedroom mirror.

Thomas Soutar is played by Robin Laing, Mrs Soutar by Sheila Donald and Kat by Julie Duncanson.

Producer/Bruce Young for the BBC

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Afternoon Reading – Tales From The Casino Ep 1/3

Tuesday 19 to Thursday 21 April

3.30-3.45pm BBC RADIO 4

These three specially commissioned stories by Laura Barton hark back to a time when Wigan threw off the image created by George Orwell and the Casino was voted Best Disco In The World by American Billboard Magazine.

On Tuesday in 10 Miles High, read by Bryan Dick, David's mate Batty converts him to Northern Soul, lends him records, teaches him dance moves and describes the Casino. Their plan is to hitchhike to Wigan to experience it for themselves.

On Wednesday in What Shall I Do? read by Melanie Kilburn, Rita works in the Casino cloakroom, and hasn't been on the ballroom floor since the days when it was called the Wigan Empress. But then Frank starts calling...

Thursday's story, Three Before Eight, read by Daniel Rigby, is about ritual. Saturday comes and Rob, a seasoned DJ at the Casino, is sorting through and packing his records for the night.

Readers/Bryan Dick, Melanie Kilburn and Daniel Rigby, Producer/Jeremy Osborne for Sweet Talk Productions Limited

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Actress Diana Quick tells Matthew Parris why she believes that existentialist philosopher Simone de Beauvoir lived a great life, despite being in the shadow of Jean-Paul Sartre, as the biographical series continues.

Simone de Beauvoir was a brilliant writer and philosopher in her own right. Her study The Second Sex made her an iconic figure for the feminist movement, and she remained true to her intellectual honesty until her death in 1986, aged 78. Yet despite all of her achievements, she is chiefly remembered as the student of her lover and teacher, Jean-Paul Sartre.

Joining Matthew Parris and Diana Quick in the studio is de Beauvoir biographer Lisa Appignanesi.

Presenter/Matthew Parris, Producer/John Byrne for the BBC

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All In The Mind Ep 1/8

Tuesday 19 April

9.00-9.30pm BBC RADIO 4

Claudia Hammond joins a team of psychologists, mothers and babies at a portable hi-tech language lab at a children's centre in London's East End, in the first of a new series of All In The Mind.

The testing session is just one of many to be carried out over the next two years in the communities of two of London's most deprived boroughs, Tower Hamlets and Newham.

Parents and babies are being invited to participate in a psychological study, run by the University of East London and Birkbeck College London, to investigate whether researchers can pick up very early indicators of later language or attention problems in infants as young as six months. The babies will be retested and assessed again when they are two years old.

The psychologists hope their findings will in the future allow the identification of individual children with potential problems at the youngest age possible.

Presenter/Claudia Hammond, Producer/Andrew Luck-Baker for the BBC

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BBC Radio 4 Extra listeners can hear more of The Archers characters in Ambridge Extra.

Ambridge Extra airs on Radio 4 Extra on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 10am with same-day repeats at 2.15pm. An omnibus half-hour programme airs on Fridays at 10.30am and is repeated on Sundays at 11.15am and 7.15pm.

Producer/Fiona Kelcher for the BBC

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5 Live Sport

Tuesday 19 April

7.00-10.30pm BBC RADIO 5 LIVE

Mark Pougatch presents the day's sports news and build-up to tonight's Premier League game between Newcastle United and Manchester United, followed by commentary of the match from 7.45pm.

From 9.40pm there's post-match reaction and analysis from the 5 Live pundits in Final Whistle.

Presenter/Mark Pougatch, Producer/Mike Carr

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Raissa from Brighton-based band The Mummers pops into the studio to chat about Mink Hollow Road, their new EP/album.

In 2000 Raissa enjoyed critical acclaim as a solo artist with the album Believer, released by Polydor Records, and the single How Long Do I Get.

The band are currently on tour, with a full album to be released this summer.

Presenters/Mark Radcliffe and Stuart Maconie, Producer/Lizzie Hoskin

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Loughborough indie three-piece The Wave Pictures join Marc Riley on today's show.

Adding to their already prolific back catalogue, the band are due to release a new album, Beers In The Breakers, on the Moshi Moshi label on 2 May.

Loved by many, the band has backed Herman Dune and the Jeffery Lewis Band and John Darnielle of The Mountain Goats fame, to name but a few.

Presenter/Marc Riley, Producer/Michelle Choudhry

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Charlotte Smith visits Scarborough, on the Yorkshire coast, to examine the current state of the British fishing industry and claims by British North Sea fishermen that the European Union's Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) has brought the industry to the brink of ruin.

A decade ago European fish stocks appeared to be in sharp decline and the EU's CFP created strict regulations in the hope of maintaining sustainability. However, the fishermen say that it is they who are now the threatened species.

Scarborough, a town with a long maritime history, is now hardly able to provide the infrastructure for its eight remaining trawlers. Charlotte meets local fishermen infuriated by having to throw back, dead, a lot of what they catch because they have exceeded their quota. CFP regulations are in the process of being updated but the challenge is to find a solution to the enormous waste without killing off the fishing industry.

This programme, part of the series Global Perspectives, can be heard again at 1.05pm, 4.05pm and 10.05pm today.

Presenter/Charlotte Smith

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