Afternoon on 3 - 09/09/2008

Presented by Louise Fryer BBC Proms 2008: Another chance to hear last Thursday's Prom, which for the first part features a nautical theme, as the BBC National Orchestra of Wales performs music by Welsh composer Grace Williams. A pupil of Vaughan Williams and a friend of Britten, her Sea Sketches catch the different moods of the Bristol Channel, as seen from her hometown of Barry. Former Radio 3 New Generation Artist Christine Rice sings Elgar's ever-popular Sea Pictures, which is followed by Tchaikovsky's turbulent final symphony. Christine Rice (mezzo-soprano) BBC National Orchestra of Wales Tadaaki Otaka (conductor) Grace Williams: Sea Sketches Elgar: Sea Pictures Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 6, (Pathetique) Plus Chamber Music: Mozart: Piano Quartet in E flat, K493 Muir Quartet Jean-Phillipe Collard (piano) Mozart: a selection of songs Robin Tritschler (tenor) Julius Drake (piano)4.