Afternoon on 3 - 12/11/2007

Presented by Penny Gore. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch live from London's Wigmore Hall. The Takacs Quartet, one of the world's leading string quartets, perform a programme of late works by Mozart and Dvorak. The second of his six quartets dedicated to Haydn, the D minor is Mozart's only mature string quartet written in a minor key, while in his 'American' quartet, Dvorak explores the various musical influences of his adopted home. Mozart: Quartet in D minor for strings, K421 Dvorak: Quartet No 12 in F for strings, Op 96 (American) 2.00pm This week the British Symphony Series concentrates on the works of Elgar and Walton, in performances by BBC orchestras. Britten: Concerto for piano and orchestra, Op 13 Steven Osborne (piano) BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Ilan Volkov (conductor) Holst: The Planets, Op 32 Ladies of the RSNO Chorus Tim Dean (chorus director) BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Ilan Volkov (conductor) Elgar: Symphony No 1 in A flat BBC Philharmonic Vassily Sinaisky (conductor).