| 00:00 | | | | | | | 00:00The myth of Orpheus is the inspiration for operas, ballets and other musical works.(R)
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| 01:00 | 01:00Jonathan Swain with music by Chopin, Beethoven, J Strauss II, Bach, Mozart and Locatelli.
| 01:00Jonathan Swain presents music by Kodaly, Rachmaninov, Respighi, Brahms, Ibert and Reinecke
| 01:00Jonathan Swain with music by Verdi, Ravel, Gershwin, Nielsen, Rameau, Haydn and Beethoven.
| 01:00Jonathan Swain presents music by Viotti, Liszt, Scarlatti, Hoffmeister, Walton and Mozart.
| 01:00Jonathan Swain presents music, including Mozart, Brahms, Gilse, Thrower, Bach and Melartin
| 01:00Jonathan Swain presents music by Janacek, Smetana, Dvorak, Suk, Novak and Tchaikovsky.
| 01:00Jonathan Swain presents music by Beethoven, Bruckner, Nicolai, Tchaikovsky and Brahms.
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| 07:00 | 07:00Rob Cowan presents music by Schubert, Hahn, Rossini, Arnold, Scarlatti and Ravel.
| 07:00Rob Cowan presents music by Beethoven, Cherubini, Stravinsky, Mozart, Bach and Roussel.
| 07:00Rob Cowan presents music by Liszt, Isaac, Beethoven, Gibbons and Tchaikovsky.
| 07:00Rob Cowan presents music by Rezniceck, Monteverdi, Telemann, Ibert, Beethoven and Respighi
| 07:00Rob Cowan presents music by Fucik, Strauss, Mozart, Wagner and Bach/Busoni.
| 07:00Martin Handley presents music by Bach, Dvorak, Mozart and Debussy.
| 07:00Martin Handley presents music by Monteverdi, Beethoven, Byrd, Smetana, Wolf and Mozart.
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| 09:00 | | | | | | 09:00With Andrew McGregor. Including Building a Library: Berg: Lyric Suite.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Sarah Walker presents music by Still, Brahms, Haydn, Boccherini, Barber and Handel.
| 10:00Sarah Walker presents music by Mendelssohn, Copland, Harrison, Copland, Handel and Beach.
| 10:00Sarah Walker presents music by Haydn, Stravinsky, Brahms, Schumann, Mozart and Piston.
| 10:00Sarah Walker presents music by Poulenc, Rorem, Copland, Schoenberg, Bach and Ives.
| 10:00Sarah Walker presents music by Antheil, Satie, Haydn, Diamond, Beethoven and Hanson.
| | 10:00Iain and Marcus du Sautoy to focus on musical partnerships, duos and double concertos.
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| 12:00 | 12:001/5Donald Macleod and Purcell expert Bruce Wood explore the events of Purcell's early years.
| 12:002/5Donald Macleod follows Purcell's life into adulthood and marriage. With Bruce Wood.
| 12:003/5Donald Macleod explores Purcell's early theatrical ventures with Bruce Wood.
| 12:004/5Donald Macleod considers how Purcell adapted to working for two very different monarchs.
| 12:005/5Donald Macleod and Bruce Wood explore Purcell's theatrical interests in his later years.
| 12:15With baritone Thomas Quasthoff, a Nielsen festival and an Opera North comic operetta.
| 12:00Michael Berkeley's guest is actress Kate O'Mara, who chooses music by Bach and Zelenka.
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| 13:00 | 13:00Elizabeth Watts (soprano) and Philip Thomas (piano) perform Mozart, Mendelssohn and Wolf.
| 13:001/4Paul Watkins (cello), Huw Watkins (piano) Perform Martinu, Poulenc and Debussy.
| 13:002/4Martinu and Friends: Lukas Vondracek (piano) performs Martinu, Debussy, Suk and Smetana.
| 13:003/4The Skampa Quartet perform music by Suk, Kapralova and Martinu.
| 13:004/4Gemma Rosefield (cello), Michael Dussek (piano), Leos Cepicky (violin) in Martinu, Novak.
| 13:00Lucie Skeaping talks to Lynda Sayce about her work with lute ensemble Chordophony.
| 13:00Andreas Scholl and Accademia Bizantina perform arias written for the castrato Senesino.
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| 14:00 | 14:00Jonathan Swain with Czech music, including Smetana, Dvorak, Bartok, Widman and Bruckner.
| 14:00Presented by Jonathan Swain. Czech music, including Smetana, Suk, Zemlinsky and Dvorak.
| 14:20Jonathan Swain presents Hummel: Concerto for trumpet and orchestra, plus a work by Mahler.
| 14:001/2Presented by Jonathan Swain. Handel: Almira, Queen of Castille - Acts 1, 2.
| 14:002/2With Jonathan Swain. Handel: Almira, Queen of Castille - Act 3, plus Smetana and Janacek.
| 14:00Elizabeth Watts (soprano) and Philip Thomas (piano) perform Mozart, Mendelssohn and Wolf.
| 14:00Dominic Seldis introduces listeners' requests, including Brahms' Alto Rhapsody.
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| 15:00 | | | | | | 15:00Max Reinhardt presents the Warsaw Village Band at Bridlington's 2008 Musicport Festival.
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| 16:00 | | | 16:00From All Hallows' Church, Gospel Oak, London, with the Choir of King's College, London.
| | | 16:00Alyn Shipton with music to add to Jazz Library's recommendations, including Nina Simone.
| 16:00From All Hallows' Church, Gospel Oak, London, with the Choir of King's College, London.(R)
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| 17:00 | 17:00Sean Rafferty presents a selection of music and guests from the arts world.
| 17:00Presented by Sean Rafferty. With Semyon Bychkov and bass-baritone Hanno Muller Brachmann.
| 17:00Sean Rafferty presents Park Lane Group Young Artists and the Solstice String Quartet.
| 17:00Sean Rafferty's guests include American soprano Christine Brewer.
| 17:00Sean talks to Sir Colin Davis about his long relationship with the LSO.
| 17:00Geoffrey Smith presents a selection of listeners' jazz requests.
| 17:00Charles Hazlewood with the BBC CO and composer Fung Lam explore his new work Unlocking.
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| 18:00 | | | | | | 18:00Marco Armiliato conducts soprano Angela Gheorghiu and tenor Roberto Alagna.
| 18:30Aled Jones meets the vocal trio Juice, who discuss their interest in contemporary music.
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| 19:00 | 19:00BBC Proms 2008: New York Philharmonic/Lorin Maazel perform Stucky, Gershwin, Stravinsky.
| 19:00Proms 2008: The New York Philharmonic under Lorin Maazel in Ravel, Bartok and Tchaikovsky.
| 19:00BBC Proms 2008: Colin Davis conducts Beethoven's Violin Concerto, with Nikolaj Znaider.
| 19:00The BBC SO/Jiri Belohlavek in Smetana: Overture (Libuse); Suk: Fantasy in G.
| 19:00With Catherine Bott. BBC Proms 2008: Pintscher: Herodiade Fragmente; Mahler: Symphony No 1
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| 20:00 | | | | 20:05Catherine Bott looks at what 2009 has in store for the BBC Symphony Orchestra. 20:25BBC SO in Mahler: Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen; Dvorak: Symphony No 9 (New World).
| | 20:30Angela Hewitt (piano) plays a selection of Chopin Nocturnes. 20:55Artist Roni Horn proposes that 'when you talk about the weather, you talk about yourself'.
| 20:00A poignant, often darkly funny play which looks at the lives of five people.(R)
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| 21:00 | 21:15Mathew Sweet explores our changing attitudes to pleasure and our motives for seeking it.
| 21:15Bidisha talks to director Danny Boyle about his new film Slumdog Millionaire.
| 21:15Philip Dodd discusses the enduring fascination with the Marxist revolutionary Che Guevara.
| 21:15Bill Drummond talks about the future of music and his campaign to end recorded works.
| 21:15Ian McMillan's guests include novelist-screenwriters Frederic Raphael and Ronan Bennett.
| 21:25The BBC Singers conducted by Peter Phillips perform works by Gombert and Josquin.
| 21:30Michael Bracewell discovers how today's art students realise their creative ambitions.
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| 22:00 | 22:001/5Donald Macleod and Purcell expert Bruce Wood explore the events of Purcell's early years.
| 22:002/5Donald Macleod follows Purcell's life into adulthood and marriage. With Bruce Wood.
| 22:003/5Donald Macleod explores Purcell's early theatrical ventures with Bruce Wood.
| 22:004/5Donald Macleod considers how Purcell adapted to working for two very different monarchs.
| 22:005/5Donald Macleod and Bruce Wood explore Purcell's theatrical interests in his later years.
| 22:304/5Sara Mohr-Pietsch and Robert Worby present music by James Tenney and Enno Poppe.
| 22:15Derek Jacobi and Lesley Manville with readings about mirrors and reflections.
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| 23:00 | 23:001/5Jane Shaw explores the viability of utopian communities. 23:15Jez Nelson selects music from the best studio sessions recorded the programme during 2008.
| 23:002/5Jane Shaw explores the pursuit of harmony by political regimes and religious communities. 23:15Fiona Talkington presents music from accordionist Maria Kalaniemi and Fennesz.
| 23:003/5Jane Shaw explores the uses of eugenics and genetics in the quest for perfection. 23:15Fiona Talkington presents music by Kathkuda, Sylvain Chauveau and Palestrina.
| 23:004/5Jane Shaw of Oxford University explores artists' attempts to create utopian communities. 23:15Fiona Talkington presents music from the Bad Plus covers album and by Sharon Shannon.
| 23:005/5The Rev Canon Dr Jane Shaw of Oxford University explores utopias that work. 23:15Charlie Gillett with a session by world music superstar Manu Chao
| | 23:30Claire Martin presents a set from Stan Tracey and his Octet.
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