Afternoon on 3 - 10/03/2008

Presented by Ian Skelly. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert American pianist Jonathan Biss performs a programme of Beethoven, Schoenberg and Schubert, direct from the Wigmore Hall, London. Jonathan Biss (piano) Beethoven: Sonata, Op 90 Schoenberg: Six Little Pieces, Op 19 Schubert: Sonata in A, D 959 2.00pm Lucerne Festivals A survey of all three Lucerne music festivals from 2007 - the Easter Festival, Summer Festival and Piano Festival - showcasing prominent musicians and conductors from around the world. Sibelius: Symphony No 2 in D, Op 41 Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Mariss Jansons (conductor) Grieg: Ballade in G minor, Op 24 (variations on a Norwegian folk song from Valdres) Juho Pohjonen (piano) Saunders: Into the Blue Laboratorium Jean Deroyer (director) Mendelssohn: Prelude and Fugue in E minor, Op 35 No 1; Prelude and Fugue in B flat, Op 35 No 6 Juho Pohjonen (piano) Beethoven: Symphony No 9 in D minor (Choral) Melanie Diene (soprano) Anna Larsson (mezzo-soprano) Jonas Kaufmann (tenor) Reinhard Hagen (bass) Bavarian Radio Chorus Lucerne Festival Orchestra Claudio Abbado (conductor).