| 00:00 | | | | | | | 00:006/8Catherine Bott explores the gardens of Cardinal Ippolito II's Villa d'Este.(R)
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| 01:00 | 01:00John Shea presents music by Martinu, Dvorak, Milhaud, Ravel, Dutilleux, Weber and JM Haydn
| 01:00John Shea presents music by Vivaldi, Handel, Mozart, Debussy, Franck, Genin and Poulenc.
| 01:00John Shea with music by Strauss, Mozart, Messiaen, Beethoven, Scriabin, Hummel and Ibert.
| 01:00John Shea presents music, including Mahler's Symphony No 7, Bach, Poulenc and Biber.
| 01:00John Shea with music by Beethoven, Enescu, Franck, Mozart, Sjogren, Raitio and Nardelli.
| 01:00John Shea presents music by Wagner, Mielczewski, Rosenmuller, Brahms, Kuhlau and Haydn.
| 01:00Jonathan Swain presents music by Monteverdi, CPE Bach, Beethoven, Bach, Grieg and Elgar.
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| 07:00 | 07:00Rob Cowan presents music by Cabezon/Grainger, Shostakovich, Buch, Charpentier and Bach.
| 07:00Rob Cowan presents music by Monteverdi, Schumann, Chopin, Tchaikovsky and Buxtehude.
| 07:00Rob Cowan presents music by Paganini, Strauss, Berlin, Finzi, Handel and Mozart.
| 07:00Rob Cowan presents music by Vivaldi, Bach, Villa-Lobos, Bruch, Devienne and Gluck.
| 07:00Rob Cowan presents music by Fucik, Khachaturian, F Strauss, Vivaldi, Berlioz and Beethoven
| 07:00Suzy Klein presents music by Elgar, Shostakovich, Vivaldi and Ravel.
| 07:00Suzy Klein presents music by Brahms, Mozart, Tomkins, Strauss, Albeniz and Coplan.
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| 09:00 | | | | | | 09:00With Andrew McGregor. Including Building a Library: Sibelius: Violin Concerto.
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| 10:00 | 10:00James Jolly presents music by Mendelssohn, Rameau, Copland, Boieldieu, Rossini and Faure.
| 10:00James Jolly presents music by Bizet, Liszt, Schoeck, Mozart and Puccini.
| 10:00James Jolly presents music by Torelli, Respighi, Haydn, Bigaglia, Debussy and Bellini.
| 10:00James Jolly presents music by CPE Bach, Weill, Mozart, Bach, Hartmann and Danzi.
| 10:00James Jolly presents music by Weber, Telemann, Stravinsky, Rore and Haydn.
| | 10:00Iain Burnside celebrates life and re-birth. With naturalist and author Richard Mabey.
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| 12:00 | 12:001/5Donald Macleod discusses the basis on which Corelli's reputation was built.(R)
| 12:002/5Donald Macleod follows Corelli to Rome, where he begins to make his mark as a rising star.(R)
| 12:003/5Donald Macleod discovers how a musical row disturbed Corelli's famous equilibrium.(R)
| 12:004/5Donald Macleod explores how Corelli was taken on by one of Rome's cultural celebrities.(R)
| 12:005/5Donald Macleod reveals how Corelli's best friend scrabbled to cash in following his death.(R)
| 12:15Tom Service talks to Simon Rattle, principal conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic.
| 12:00Michael Berkeley meets Marianne Faithfull, who chooses music by Bach, Mozart and Schubert.
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| 13:00 | 13:00The Tokyo Quartet and David Watkin (cello) perform Schubert's String Quintet in C, D956.
| 13:001/4The Vienna-Berlin Ensemble with Lars Vogt (piano) perform Mozart, Ligeti and Poulenc.
| 13:002/4Christian Gerhaher (baritone) and Gerold Huber (piano) in Beethoven, Mozart and Mahler.
| 13:003/4Nelson Freire (piano) performs music by Schumann, Brahms, Villa-Lobos and Mompou.
| 13:004/4Quatuor Mosaiques and friends. Haydn: String Quartet, Op 33 No 6. Mendelssohn: Octet.
| 13:00Lucie Skeaping explores the years Heinrich Schutz spent in Venice and Dresden.(R)
| 13:00Catherine Bott explores Rameau's opera Hippolyte et Aricie.(R)
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| 14:00 | 14:001/5Penny Gore presents the Berlin Philharmonic in Chavez, Mozart, Bach, Villa-Lobos and Elgar
| 14:002/5The Berlin Philharmonic perform music by Ginastera, Bach, Zimmermann, Schumann and Mozart.
| 14:003/5Penny Gore presents the Berlin Philharmonic in Marquez, Bach, Mendelssohn and Bruckner.
| 14:004/5Acts 1 and 2 of Handel's Ottone, re di Germania. Plus the Berlin Philharmonic in Mozart. 14:021/2Penny Gore presents Acts 1 and 2 from Handel's opera Ottone.
| 14:005/5Act 3 of Ottone, re di Germania. Plus Berlin Philharmonic: Bruckner: Symphony No 8. 14:022/2Penny Gore presents Act 3 of Handel's Ottone, re di Germania.
| 14:00The Tokyo Quartet and David Watkin (cello) perform Schubert's String Quintet in C, D956.
| 14:00Chi-chi Nwanoku with listeners' requests, including Haydn, Bach, Puccini and Mahler.
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| 15:00 | | | | | | 15:002/2Focusing on the music of Azerbaijan, with Mugham and traditional wedding music.(R)
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| 16:00 | | | 16:00From St George's Church, Hanover Square, London.
| | | 16:002/2Alyn Shipton is joined by saxophonist Joshua Redman to look back at his best recordings.
| 16:00From St George's Church, Hanover Square, London.
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| 17:00 | 17:00Presented by Sean Rafferty. With cellist Han-Na Chang and pianist Nicholas Angelich.
| 17:00Presented by Sean Rafferty. With Mitsuko Uchida and the cast of Sondheim's Saturday Night.
| 17:00Presented by Sean Rafferty. With Jonathan Biss, John Storgards and Kari Kriikku.
| 17:00Presented by Sean Rafferty. With Leon McCawley, Radovan Vlatkovic and John Berry.
| 17:00Presented by Sean Rafferty. With Riccado Chailly, Roberto Prosseda and Marcello Bufalini.
| 17:00Geoffrey Smith presents a selection of listeners' jazz requests.
| 17:00Stephen Johnson and conductor Nicholas Kraemer explore Haydn's wit and invention.(R)
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| 18:00 | | 18:30Jiri Belohlavek conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in Martinu's opera Julietta.
| | | | 18:00Maurizio Benini conducts Donizetti's bel canto comedy, with Angela Gheorghiu.
| 18:30How Soviet composers turned to choral music to meet demands for patriotic pieces.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Halle Orchestra under Mark Elder perform music by Janacek, Prokofiev and Holst.
| | 19:00The Ulster Orchestra under Kenneth Montgomery perform music by Vorisek, Dvorak and Martinu
| 19:00The Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra perform music by Beethoven, Strauss and Ravel.
| 19:00The BBC Philharmonic perform music by Sibelius, Nielsen and Stenhammar.
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| 20:00 | | | | | | | 20:00A play about the mystery surrounding Socrates's trial and subsequent execution.(R)
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| 21:00 | 21:15Celebrated author and columnist Will Self gives the opening lecture at Free Thinking 2008.
| 21:15Bidisha talks to Oscar-winning Life Is Beautiful actor Roberto Benigni about Dante.
| 21:15Philip Dodd talks to philosopher Peter Singer about his plan to eradicate world poverty.
| 21:15Matthew Sweet hosts an international edition, with cultural critics from around the world.
| 21:15Ian McMillan's guests include screenwriter Frank Cottrell Boyce and novelist Toby Litt.
| 21:00Chamber works by Jonathan Harvey, Anthony Payne, James MacMillan and Osvaldo Golijov.
| 21:30Robert Powell reads from The Wheelwright's Shop, about making wooden wheels and wagons.
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| 22:00 | 22:001/5Donald Macleod discusses the basis on which Corelli's reputation was built.(R)
| 22:002/5Donald Macleod follows Corelli to Rome, where he begins to make his mark as a rising star.(R)
| 22:003/5Donald Macleod discovers how a musical row disturbed Corelli's famous equilibrium.(R)
| 22:004/5Donald Macleod explores how Corelli was taken on by one of Rome's cultural celebrities.(R)
| 22:005/5Donald Macleod reveals how Corelli's best friend scrabbled to cash in following his death.(R)
| 22:30Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents four works that explore different perspectives on time.
| 22:15Poetry, prose and music centring on correspondence. With works by Britten, Ovid and Mingus
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| 23:00 | 23:001/5Mary Beard asks what the ancient Romans and Greeks can teach us about the art of dying. 23:15Jez Nelson presents saxophonist Joshua Redman in concert at Ronnie Scott's.
| 23:002/5A repeat of an essay on the art of dying by Beryl Bainbridge, who has just died. 23:15Fiona Talkington presents music from John Cage, Dufay, Hanne Hukkelberg and Herbie Hancock
| 23:003/5Baroness Mary Warnock on what we can learn from the Romantics when it comes to dying well. 23:15Fiona Talkington presents Quebecois folk music, plus pieces from Jon Hassell and Arvo Part
| 23:004/5Baroness Julia Neuberger on how attitudes to death vary across faith and culture. 23:15Fiona Talkington with music from Oumou Sangare, In the Country and Luc Ferrari.
| 23:005/5Celebrated poet and undertaker Thomas Lynch on friendship, ageing and fear of death. 23:15Charlie Gillett talks to gypsy-influenced musicians Goran Bregovic and Titi Robin.
| | 23:30Julian Joseph introduces David Sanchez and his Quartet in concert, plus new jazz on CD.
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