Afternoon on 3 - 02/11/2007

European Festivals Louise Fryer presents Brahms and Sibelius from the Risor Festival, and visits Belgium and Luxembourg for a focus on 'war and peace' in music by Milhaud, Weill and Shostakovich. Sibelius: Skogsraet (The Wood Nymph) Jorgen Langhelle (narrator) Radovan Vladkovic (horn) Inger Besserudhagen (horn) Christian Ihle Hadland (piano) Risor Festival Strings Medtner: Piano Concerto No 3 in E minor, Op 60 Hamish Milne (piano) New Russian State Symphony Orchestra Alexander Sladkovsky (conductor) Milhaud: Cantate de la paix Flemish Radio Chorus Paul Hillier (director) Beethoven: Piano Sonata No 32 in E, Op 111 Paul Lewis (piano) Shostakovich: Symphony No 12 (The Year 1917) Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor) Weill: Das Berliner Requiem Ivan Goossens (tenor) Jan Van der Crabben (baritone) Flemish Radio Chorus I Solisti del Vento Paul Hillier (director) Brahms: Horn Trio in E flat Radovan Vladkovic (horn) Julian Rachlin (violin) Simon Trpceski (piano) Beethoven: Christus am Ölberge (The Mount of Olives) Laura Aikin (soprano) Herbert Lippert (tenor) Florian Boesch (bass) Arnold Schoenberg Chorus Vienna Concentus Musicus Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor).