Afternoon on 3 - 03/01/2008

Presented by Louise Fryer. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert From The Crucible in Sheffield, Music in the Round's resident group Ensemble 360 perform two contrasting sextets. Mendelssohn: Sextet in D for violin, two violas, cello, double bass and piano, Op 110 Poulenc: Sextet for piano and winds 2.00pm Bayreuth Ring Cycle 2007 Wagner: Götterdämmerung (Act 2) Siegfried ...... Stephen Gould (tenor) Gunther ...... Ralf Lukas (baritone) Hagen ...... Hans-Peter König (bass) Alberich ...... Andrew Shore (baritone) Brünnhilde ...... Linda Watson (soprano) Gutrune ...... Edith Haller (soprano) Waltraute ...... Mihoko Fujimura (mezzo-soprano) First Norn ...... Simone Schröder (alto) Second Norn ...... Martina Dike (mezzo-soprano) Third Norn ...... Edith Haller (soprano) Woglinde ...... Fionnuala McCarthy (soprano) Wellgunde ...... Ulrike Helzel (soprano) Flosshilde ...... Marina Prudenskaja (mezzo-soprano) Bayreuth Festival Chorus and Orchestra Christian Thielemann (conductor) Pärt: La Sindone Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra Andres Mustonen (conductor) Schumann: Requiem für Mignon, Op 98b Christiane Oelze, Anitra Jellema (sopranos) Catherine Wyn-Rogers, Ans van Dam (contraltos) Andreas Schmidt (baritone) Netherlands Radio Chorus Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic Jaap van Zweden (conductor) Schumann: Der Rose Pilgerfahrt, Op 112 Rosa ...... Christiane Oelze (soprano) Elfenfürstin, Martha, Müllerin ...... Catherine Wyn-Rogers (contralto) Max ...... Werner Güra (tenor) Müller ...... Hans de Vries (baritone) Totengräber ...... Andreas Schmidt (bass) Maja Roodveldt, Anitra Jellema (sopranos) Anjolet Rotteveel (contralto) Netherlands Radio Chorus Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic Jaap van Zweden (conductor).