Afternoon on 3 - 18/01/2008

Presented by Penny Gore. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Celebrating the New Generation A series of recitals recorded at the Cowdray Hall in Aberdeen featuring members, both past and present, of the Radio 3 New Generation Artists scheme. 4/4. Cellist Danjulo Ishizaka is joined by pianist Jose Gallardo for a programme of English music. Ireland: Cello Sonata in G minor Bax: Rhapsodic Ballade for solo cello Britten: Sonata in C for cello and piano, Op 65 2.00pm Towards Judith Weir A feast of stories and folk music ends this week's series leading up to the BBC Symphony Orchestra's Telling the Tale weekend, focusing on the music of Judith Weir. Judith Weir: Little Tree Richard Benjafield (marimba) BBC Singers Dominic Wheeler (conductor) Janácek, arr. Talich: Suite from The Cunning Little Vixen BBC Symphony Orchestra Jiri Belohlavek (conductor) Grainger: There was a pig went out to dig for female voices BBC Singers Bo Holten (conductor) Holst: I sowed the seeds of love Ildiko Allen (soprano) Jacqueline Fox (mezzo-soprano) BBC Singers Stephen Cleobury (conductor) Elgar: Cello Concerto Jian Wang (cello) BBC Symphony Orchestra Jiri Belohlavek (conductor) Bartók: 8 Improvisations on Hungarian Peasant Songs Grace Francis (piano) Stravinsky: Petrushka BBC Symphony Orchestra Jiri Belohlavek (conductor) 4.00pm Folk Tales An edited broadcast of the concert curated by Judith Weir at LSO St Luke's in London. Delhi-born storyteller Vayu Naidu interweaves magical stories with folk music from around Britain, as a curtain-raiser to the Telling the Tale weekend.