Afternoon on 3 - 29/05/2008

Presented by Penny Gore. Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Edinburgh International Festival 2007: A performance given by David Pyatt and Leon McCawley at the 2007 Edinburgh International festival. It was a tribute to the great horn player Dennis Brain, in whose memory Poulenc composed his Elegie for horn and piano following Brain's premature death in 1957. Beethoven: Horn Sonata in F, Op 17 Schumann: Adagio and Allegro, Op 70; Three Fantasiestucke, Op 111 Poulenc: Elegie for horn and piano Hindemith: Sonata for horn and piano in F Chopin: Fantasie in F minor, Op 49 Dukas: Villanelle David Pyatt (horn) Leon McCawley (piano) Big Noises from Down Under: Series of orchestral, chamber and choral performances given in Australia and New Zealand, featuring more music from Brett Dean, one of Australia's leading contemporary composers, as well as Brahms and Tchaikovsky from Auckland. Schoenberg: Notturno for violin and strings Sydney Symphony Orchestra Simone Young (conductor) Brett Dean: Viola Concerto Brett Dean (viola) Sydney Symphony Orchestra Simone Young (conductor) Francaix: Clarinet Quintet Catherine McCorkill (clarinet) Dene Olding, Dimity Hall (violin) Irina Morozova (viola) Julian Smiles (cello) Tchaikovsky: Francesca da Rimini Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra Bundit Ungrangsee (conductor) Rachmaninov: Vocalise Sydney Symphony Orchestra Vladimir Ashkenazy (conductor) Brahms: Symphony No 2 New Zealand Symphony Orchestra Matthias Bamert (conductor).