| 00:00 | 00:30With John Shea. Including the Bucharest Virtuosi performing Mozart's Jupiter Symphony.
| 00:30John Shea presents a performance of the Verdi Requiem given at the 2011 Proms.
| 00:30John Shea presents a concert of voice and recorder featuring Ensemble 1700.
| 00:30John Shea presents Trio Ex Aequo playing Haydn, Beethoven and Dvorak's Dumky Trio.
| 00:30John Shea introduces a concert from the 2010 Proms featuring the Danish National SO.
| | 00:00Alyn Shipton picks the finest recordings of bandleader Boyd Raeburn.
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| 01:00 | | | | | | 01:00With John Shea. Pianist Yulianna Adeeva plays Chopin, Liszt, Wagner and Tchaikovsky.
| 01:00Susan Sharpe presents a recital given at the International Chopin Piano Festival.
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| 06:00 | 06:30Petroc Trelawny presents music by Ravel, Dvorak and Suppe.
| 06:30Petroc Trelawny presents music by German and Vivaldi, plus the Specialist Classical Chart.
| 06:30Petroc Trelawny presents music by Kreisler, Mascagni and Manuel de Falla.
| 06:30Petroc Trelawny presents music by Piazzolla, Lehar and Schubert.
| 06:30Petroc Trelawny presents music by Kelly, Chopin and Waxman.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00Clemency Burton-Hill presents music by Chopin, Shostakovich and Svendsen.
| 07:00Clemency Burton-Hill presents music by Manuel de Falla, Arnold and Dvorak.
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| 09:00 | 09:00With Rob Cowan. Including Artist of the Week: violinist Isaac Stern.
| 09:00With Rob Cowan. Including Rob's Essential Choice: Elgar: Enigma Variations.
| 09:00With Rob Cowan. Including Essential Choice: Kodaly: Variations on a Hungarian Folksong.
| 09:00With Rob Cowan. Including Essential Choice: Schubert. Piano Quintet in A, D667 (Trout).
| 09:00With Rob Cowan. Including 11.00am Rob's Essential Choice: Beethoven: Diabelli Variations.
| 09:00With Andrew McGregor. Including Building a Library: Gershwin: Piano Concerto.
| 09:00Rob Cowan presents music by Buxtehude, Beethoven and Ravel.
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| 12:00 | 12:001/5Donald Macleod introduces Purcell's earliest pieces for the stage.(R)
| 12:002/5Donald Macleod on the theatre music Purcell wrote under the regime of William and Mary.(R)
| 12:003/5Donald Macleod explores Purcell's major collaboration with John Dryden - King Arthur.(R)
| 12:004/5Donald Macleod on Purcell's music for an adaptation of A Midsummer Night's Dream.(R)
| 12:005/5Donald Macleod explores the later works Purcell wrote for the stage.(R)
| 12:15Tom McKinney explores how throughout history birds have inspired music.
| 12:00Michael Berkeley's guest is artist Tacita Dean, best known for her work in 16mm film.
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| 13:00 | 13:00Alexandra Soumm (violin) and Plamena Mangova (piano) in Mozart, Ysaye and Stravinsky.
| 13:001/4Mahan Esfahani (keyboard) and Jennifer Pike (violin) in works by Bach.
| 13:002/4Khatia Buniatishvili gives a piano recital of popular Liszt and Chopin works.
| 13:003/4The Elias Quartet in major works of the quartet repertoire, and one of their party pieces.
| 13:004/4Henk Neven sings Loewe and Schumann with pianist Hans Eijsackers.
| 13:001/2Lucie Skeaping explores Polish music, introducing Pekiel, Lilius, Zielinski and Dlugoraj.
| 13:002/2Lucie Skeaping explores 17th and early 18th century Polish vocal and instrumental music.
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| 14:00 | 14:001/3The BBC NOW performs music by Bennett, Schumann, Puw, Vaughan Williams and Elgar.
| 14:002/3The BBC NOW in music by Widor, Dutilleux, Martin, Rossini, Honegger, Ravel and Stravinsky.
| 14:003/3The BBC National Orchestra of Wales performs music by Strauss and Mahler.
| 14:00Massenet's Manon performed at Opera Bastille, starring soprano Natalie Dessay.
| 14:00Louise Fryer presents Liszt's oratorio The Legend of Saint Elizabeth.
| 14:00Alexandra Soumm (violin) and Plamena Mangova (piano) in Mozart, Ysaye and Stravinsky.
| 14:00Mark Elder conducts the OAE in a rare performance of Berlioz's Romeo et Juliette.
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| 15:00 | | | 15:30From Hereford Cathedral on Ash Wednesday.
| | | 15:00Broadcaster Mariella Frostrup introduces music inspired by family legacies.
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| 16:00 | 16:30Presented by Sean Rafferty. With music from cellist Natalie Clein and the Hall Ogden Duo.
| 16:30Presented by Sean Rafferty. With music from Moishe's Bagel plus Robin Ticciati.
| 16:30Sean Rafferty presents music from pianists Steven Osborne and Leon McCawley.
| 16:30With music from the Chilingirian Quartet plus Baldur Bronnimann and Sakari Oramo.
| 16:30Suzy Klein presents a special springtime edition of the programme.
| | 16:00From Hereford Cathedral on Ash Wednesday.
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| 17:00 | | | | | | 17:00Geoffrey Smith presents a selection of listeners' jazz requests.
| 17:00Aled Jones is joined by composer Nico Muhly, who writes rock, operatic and choral music.
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| 18:00 | 18:301/5Donald Macleod introduces Purcell's earliest pieces for the stage.(R)
| 18:302/5Donald Macleod on the theatre music Purcell wrote under the regime of William and Mary.(R)
| 18:303/5Donald Macleod explores Purcell's major collaboration with John Dryden - King Arthur.(R)
| 18:304/5Donald Macleod on Purcell's music for an adaptation of A Midsummer Night's Dream.(R)
| 18:305/5Donald Macleod explores the later works Purcell wrote for the stage.(R)
| 18:00From the Metropolitan Opera, New York, Marco Armiliato conducts Verdi's opera Ernani.
| 18:30Texts and music on the theme of middles. Readings by Juliet Stevenson and Peter Marinker.
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| 19:00 | 19:30Paul Daniel conducts the BBC Philharmonic in music by Wagner, Bruch and Elgar.
| 19:30Valery Gergiev conducts the LSO in music by Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev and Shostakovich.
| 19:301/2Joshua Bell (violin) and London Philharmonic Orchestra in works by Mozart and Brahms.
| 19:30The Scottish Ensemble under Jonathan Morton in Haydn, Luke Bedford, Alwyn and Mozart.
| 19:301/2Kirill Karabits conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in Sibelius: Symphony No 4.
| | 19:45Justin Champion on how 17th-century puritanism still influences thinking about the poor.
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| 20:00 | | | 20:00Stephen Johnson explores the inner world of Szymanowski's Symphony No 3. 20:202/2London Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra in works by Zemlinsky and Szymanowski.
| | 20:30Musician David Bramwell explores the art of the clap in creating and teaching music. 20:502/2BBC SO/Kirill Karabits and Khatia Buniatishvili. Music by Prokofiev and Stravinsky.
| | 20:30Seminal 19th-century expressionist play based on a real life murder case.(R)
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| 21:00 | | | | | | 21:30By Paul Sellar. A hostile takeover bid sparks a war among rival business interests.
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| 22:00 | 22:00Presented by Matthew Sweet. With a debate on the legacy of the sexual revolution. 22:451/5Edith Hall reflects on the meaning of the male nude in the art of the ancient world.
| 22:00Michael Hofmann talks to Anne McElvoy about German writer Hans Fallada. 22:452/5Partha Mitter explores the meaning of the male nude in the visual art of the subcontinent.
| 22:00Rana Mitter and the strange story of 28,000 yellow plastic ducks lost at sea in 1992. 22:453/5Gabriel Gbadamosi considers the meaning of the male nude in African art.
| 22:00Philip Dodd and Andrew Dickson review Aida at the Royal Albert Hall. 22:454/5Matthew Sweet reflects on the male nude in Renaissance and Victorian art.
| 22:00Ian McMillan's guests are Wendy Cope, Ira Lightman, Shalom Auslander and Ana Silvera. 22:455/5Critic Sarah Kent contemplates the place of the male nude in contemporary art.
| 22:30Ensemble 10/10 marks Gary Carpenter's 60th birthday. Plus Hear and Now 50: Takemitsu.
| 22:00Lucy Duran presents a review of new world music albums and Rodrigo y Gabriela in session.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Jez Nelson presents music from the 2011 Saalfelden Festival in Austria.
| 23:00Fiona Talkington's selection includes music from Ustad F Wasifuddin Dagar and Max Roach.
| 23:00Fiona Talkington's selection includes music from Matthew Bourne and Nha Mita Pereira.
| 23:00Fiona Talkington presents the Geoff Eales Trio and Plinth's Music for Small's Lighthouse.
| 23:00With Mary Ann Kennedy. Including a studio session with the Sambasunda Quintet.
| | 23:00Claire Martin presents the Jim Mullen Reunion Band in concert.
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