Afternoon on 3 - 14/05/2008

Presented by Louise Fryer. Including Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Highlights from the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, with contributions from pianist Bengt Forsberg, the festival's artistic director Marc Neikrug and violinist Pinchas Zukerman. Reynaldo Hahn: Lyde (Etudes Latines); Quand je fus pris au pavillon; Le plus beau present; L'enamouree; Le printemps Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano) Bengt Forsberg (piano) Beethoven: Septet in E flat, Op 20 Michael Rusinek (clarinet) Julie Landsman (horn) Nancy Goeres (bassoon) Pinchas Zukerman (violin) Jethro Marks (viola) Amanda Forsyth (cello) Marji Danilow (bass) Plus Jansons and Friends: Series looking at the work of Latvian conductor Mariss Jansons, featuring Bruckner's Symphony No 7 performed by the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. This is complemented by a Requiem by the 20th century Italian composer Ildebrando Pizzetti, who was greatly inspired by Verdi. Verdi: Stabat mater Bavarian Radio Chorus and Symphony Orchestra Mariss Jansons (conductor) Pizzetti: Requiem Swedish Radio Chorus Latvian Radio Chorus Kaspars Putnins (conductor) Brahms: Nanie; Schicksalslied Oslo Philharmonic Chorus and Orchestra Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos (conductor) Xenakis: Synaphai Jan Philip Schulze (piano) Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Roland Kluttig (conductor) Penderecki: Stabat mater Bjorn Gafvert (organ) Swedish Radio Chorus Latvian Radio Chorus Kaspars Putnins (conductor) Bruckner: Symphony No 7 Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Mariss Jansons (conductor).