Today’s radio

IN TUNE

5PM, RADIO 3 HHH Andre Rieu, the Dutch violinist, comes in for some mockery in the music world, yet his waltz-playing orchestra – with its lady musicians dressed up in ballgowns – fills the concert halls of the world, and his albums sell in their millions. Andre talks about the hard work behind the frills this afternoon.

THE FULL WORKS CONCERT

8PM, CLASSIC FM HHH

The moon rises and the trees shed their leaves in Catherine Bott’s seasonal selection of music. She opens with Autumn from Vivaldi’s Four Seasons, and includes Grieg’s In Autumn. Lang Lang’s recording of Lu Wencheng’s Autumn Moon Over Calm Lake is on the bill, and the programme ends with Gerald Finzi’s The Fall Of The Leaf.

Steve Hogarth (10pm, Radio 2)

CLOSE TO THE EDIT

9PM, RADIO 4 HHH

Our eyes and brains have got used to the techniques of film editing. Early cinema audiences would be startled by close-ups, but we are now used to all kinds of cutting, splicing and sampling in music and the visual arts. In this programme, the film-maker Mike Figgis – whose films include Internal Affairs and Leaving Las Vegas – considers how editing in all branches of culture has affected the way we view the world.

SOUNDS OF THE 80S

10PM, RADIO 2 HHH

Steve Hogarth from Marillion is Gary Davies’s guest for the My 80s spot tonight. Steve joined the rock band in 1989, taking over as lead singer from Fish, and his first album with Marillion, Seasons End, reached the top ten in the charts that year; the ever evolving band is about to embark on a late autumn tour. Gary will also be marking the 40th anniversary of the debut Simple Minds album with a Mastermix of some the Glaswegian band’s tracks. SJ