Afternoon on 3 - 04/06/2008

Presented by Louise Fryer. Including Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Cellist Adrian Brendel returns to the Bath Festival for 2008, in the company of the Elias String Quartet for a performance of Schubert's late quintet in C, often regarded as the composer's crowning achievement. Britten: String Quartet No 2 in C, Op 36 Schubert: String Quintet in C, D 956 Plus Venice: Music by Venetian composers and those associated with the city, including Monteverdi's setting of the Vespers, performed in Speyer Cathedral as part of the Schwetzingen Festival. Caldara: Sinfonia a quattro No 3 in F minor Bach Consort Ruben Dubrovsky (cello/director) Verdi: 5 Songs (Stornello; Perduta ho la pace; Lo spazzacamino; La zingara; Brindisi - 1st version) Diana Damrau (soprano) Stephan Lademann (piano) Petrassi: Sinfonia, Siciliana and Fugue for string quartet Petrassi Quartet Monteverdi : Vespro della Beata Vergine La Capella Ducale Musica Fiata Roland Wilson (director).