Afternoon on 3 - 03/12/2007

Presented by Louise Fryer. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Sara Mohr-Pietsch introduces a concert live from London's Wigmore Hall by the Arcanto Quartet. Bartok: String Quartet No 5 Brahms: String Quartet in C minor, Op 51, No 1 2.00pm The Ancients Recordings of works inspired by ancient, biblical and mythical figures in performances from some of Europe's leading orchestras and ensembles, beginning with a sequence inspired by the Greek myths. Leonardo Leo: Le Nozze de Iole ed Ercole Iole ...... Susanne Bernhard (soprano) Ercole ...... Kai Wessel (countertenor) Alceo and Teseo ...... Dominik Wörner (bass) Neue Hofkapelle Munich Christoph Hammer (director) Haydn: Arianna a Naxos Vesselina Kasarova (mezzo-soprano) Charles Spencer (piano) Liszt: Orpheus Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra of Moscow Vladiimir Fedoseyev (conductor) Stravinsky: Apollon musagete Czech Philharmonic Orchestra Charles Dutoit (conductor).