Zadie Smith With The BBC Symphony Orchestra

Radio 4, 3pm

As well as being an accomplished author, Smith

(right) is also a singer. She gets to show off her skills in this concert, which features performances of some of the songs that have inspired her literary output.

In Archive On 4: Russia’s Restless ’90s (Radio 4, 8pm), ex-BBC Moscow correspondent Tim Whewell reveals how a decade of turmoil led to the political situation we see today.

Opera On 3 (Radio 3, 6.30pm) features a 2001 New York Metropolitan Opera production of George Gershwin’s

Porgy And Bess. Eric Owens and

Angel Blue play the title roles.