Afternoon on 3 - 04/03/2008

Presented by Louise Fryer 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Mendelssohn and Gade 1/4. Series of four recitals from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow. Feaeturing the chamber music of Mendelssohn and Danish composer Niels Gade, who was strongly influenced by the German composer. Dutch musicians Isabelle van Keulen and Ronald Brautigam play sonatas by both composers as well as by Grieg. Isabelle van Keulen (violin) Ronald Brautigam (piano) Gade: Violin Sonata in D minor, Op 21 No 2 Grieg: Violin Sonata in F minor, Op 8 No 1 Mendelssohn: Violin Sonata in F minor, Op 4 2.00pm British Symphony Series: Havergal Brian Including BBC recordings of Havergal Brian among composers as part of the ongoing British Symphony Series. Tchaikovsky: Hamlet, Op 67 BBC Philharmonic Orchestra Vassily Sinaisky (conductor) Glazunov: Violin Concerto Arabella Steinbacher (violin) BBC National Orchestra of Wales Walter Weller (conductor) Borodin: In the Steppes of Central Asia BBC Philharmonic Orchestra Vassily Sinaisky (conductor) Holt: Witness to a Snow Miracle Viviane Hagner (violin) BBC Symphony Orchestra Martyn Brabbins (conductor) Brian: Symphony No 30 BBC National Orchestra of Wales Jason Lai (conductor) Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No 1 in E flat, Op 107 Danjulo Ishizaka (cello) BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Clark Rundell (conductor) Dvorak: Symphony No 5 BBC Symphony Orchestra Jiri Belohlavek (conductor).