Afternoon on 3 - 15/02/2008

Presented by Penny Gore. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert City of London Festival 2007 Radio 3 New Generation Artists the Aronowitz Ensemble perform signature chamber works by Faure and Schoenberg in this, the second of their two performances at the 2007 City of London Festival, given at St Giles Cripplegate. Faure: Piano Quartet in C minor, Op 15 No 1 Schoenberg: Verklarte Nacht Aronowitz Ensemble 2.00pm Focus on Berlin Concluding a celebration of the best of music-making in Berlin, with performances by the Berlin Philharmonic and chamber music highlights from orchestra members past and present. Bach, orch. Webern: Ricercare a sei, BWV 1079 (Musical Offering) Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Bernard Haitink (conductor) Berg: Violin Concerto (To the Memory of an Angel) Frank Peter Zimmermann (violin) Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Bernard Haitink (conductor) Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Stephen Hough (piano) Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Simon Rattle (conductor) Rameau: Suite from Hippolyte et Aricie German Symphony Orchestra Emanuelle Haim (conductor) Mahler: Symphony No 1 in D (in four movements) Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Mariss Jansons (conductor).