Afternoon on 3 - 13/05/2008

Presented by Louise Fryer. Including Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Series of concerts from the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, with contributions from the festival's artistic director Marc Neikrug and violinist Benny Kim. Beethoven: Violin Sonata in A, Op 30 No 1 Benny Kim (violin) Marc Neikrug (piano) Arensky: Quartet No 2 for violin, viola and two cellos, Op 35 No 2 Alexander Kerr (violin) Kirsten Johnson (viola) Eric Kim, Timothy Eddy (cellos) Plus Jansons and Friends: Mariss Jansons conducts the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and Chorus performing German music as well as another of Verdi's Four Sacred Pieces. Weber: Overture (Oberon) Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Mariss Jansons (conductor) Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphoses on Themes of Weber Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Mariss Jansons (conductor) Verdi: Ave Maria Bavarian Radio Chorus Mariss Jansons (conductor) Brahms: Gesang der Parzen Bavarian Radio Chorus and Symphony Orchestra Mariss Jansons (conductor) Hartmann: Symphony (L'oeuvre) Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Emilio Pomarico (conductor) Santa Ratniece: Saline Latvian Radio Chorus Sigvards Klava (conductor) Wagner: Prelude and Good Friday Music (Parsifal) Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Bernard Haitink (conductor) Debussy: Nocturnes Women from the RIAS Chamber Chorus Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Bernard Haitink (conductor) Valentin Silvestrov: Diptychon Latvian Radio Chorus Sigvards Klava (conductor) Wagner: Prelude and Liebestod (Tristan and Isolde) Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Bernard Haitink (conductor).