Afternoon on 3 - 06/03/2008

Presented by Louise Fryer. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Mendelssohn and Gade Part of a recital series given at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow celebrating the chamber music of Felix Mendelssohn and his Danish contemporary Niels Gade. Pianist Benjamin Frith contrasts miniatures by the two composers with some of their larger works. Benjamin Frith (piano) Gade: Five New Aquarelles, Op 57 Mendelssohn: Songs Without Words Book 6, Op 67 Gade: Arabesque, Op 27 Mendelssohn: Fantasie in F sharp minor, Op 28 (Sonate ecossaise) 2.00pm British Symphony Series: Havergal Brian Including BBC recordings of Havergal Brian among others as part of an ongoing series on the British symphony. Mendelssohn: Overture (The Hebrides) BBC Philharmonic Orchestra Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) R Strauss: Duett-concertino for clarinet, bassoon, string orchestra and harp Robert Plane (clarinet) Jaroslaw Augustyniak (bassoon) BBC National Orchestra of Wales Douglas Boyd (conductor) Brian: Symphony No 18 BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Lionel Friend (conductor) Beethoven: Piano Sonata No 24 in F sharp, Op 78 Cedric Tiberghien (piano) Hubay: Violin concerto No 2, Op 90 Hagai Shaham (violin) BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Martyn Brabbins (conductor) Ligeti: Melodien for orchestra BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Ilan Volkov (conductor) Haydn: Symphony No 96 in D, H I 96 (Miracle) BBC Symphony Orchestra Jiri Belohlavek (conductor) Rachmaninov: Piano concerto No 3 in D minor Yan Pascal Tortelier (piano) Ulster Orchestra Boris Berezovsky (conductor) Barber: Dover Beach for voice and string quartet Ronan Collett (baritone) Psophos String Quartet.