Afternoon on 3 - 14/01/2011

Afternoon on 3 features new recordings from the BBC performing groups, including the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra playing Brahms and Beethoven, and the BBC Symphony Orchestra in Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker. Plus the BBC Singers with Meyerbeer's Psalm 91. Presented by Karishmeh Felfeli. 2pm Rufinatscha: The Bride of Messina - overture BBC Philharmonic Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) 2.15pm Brahms: Violin Concerto in D major Vilde Frang (violin) BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Donald Runnicles (conductor) 2.55pm Beethoven: Symphony no.3 in E flat major 'Eroica' BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Donald Runnicles (conductor) Meyerbeer: Psalm 91; Qui in manu Dei requiescit Elizabeth Poole (soprano), Rebecca Lodge (mezzo soprano), Christopher Bowen (tenor), Adrian Peacock (bass) BBC Singers Andrew Carwood (conductor) 4pm Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, Act 1 BBC Symphony Orchestra Barry Wordsworth (conductor).