Afternoon on 3 - 05/08/2008

Presented by Louise Fryer. Including BBC Proms 2008: Another chance to hear a Prom celebrating Liverpool's relationship with young Russian conductor Vasily Petrenko, in its year as Europan capital of culture. Petrenko teams up with two other young Liverpool-born artists: composer Kenneth Hesketh, who has written a new work for this Prom, and pianist Paul Lewis, who joins the orchestra for Beethoven's Piano Concerto No 4. Paul Lewis (piano) Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra Vasily Petrenko (conductor) Kenneth Hesketh: Graven Image (BBC/RLPO co-commission: world premiere) Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 4 in G Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances Plus Chamber Music: Prokofiev: Overture on Hebrew themes Britten Sinfonia Stravinsky: 3 Songs Anna Dennis (soprano) Britten Sinfonia Schubert: selection of songs Christianne Stotijn (mezzo-soprano) Joseph Breinl (piano).