Afternoon on 3 - 12/05/2008

Presented by Louise Fryer. Including Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: The Belcea Quartet perform a recital from London's Wigmore Hall, contrasting two major works of the quartet repertoire - the minature movements of Webern's Op 5 and Schubert's tragic Death and the Maiden. Webern: 5 Movements, Op 5 Schubert: Quartet in D minor (Death and the Maiden) Plus Jansons and Friends: A focus on the work of Latvian conductor Mariss Jansons, who is heard conducting the Bavarian ensembles of which he is chief conductor, alongside other performers he is associated with, including the choir from his homeland, the Latvian Radio Chorus. Verdi: Laudi alla vergine Maria Bavarian Radio Chorus (women's voices) Mariss Jansons (conductor) Purcell/Britten: Chaconne in G minor, Z 730 Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra Okko Kamu (conductor) Britten: Violin Concerto Frank Peter Zimmermann (violin) Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Mariss Jansons (conductor) Part: The Beatitudes Swedish Radio Chorus Bjorn Gafvert (organ) Latvian Radio Chorus Kaspars Putnins (conductor) Nielsen: Symphony No 6 (Sinfonia semplice) Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra Okko Kamu (conductor) Brahms: Alto Rhapsody Nathalie Stutzmann (contralto) Netherlands Radio Chorus and Philharmonic Orchestra Jaap van Zweden (conductor) Mahler: Symphony No 5 Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Mariss Jansons (conductor).