Afternoon on 3 - 19/02/2008

Presented by John Shea. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert City of London Festival 2007 The final week of concerts given at last summer's festival began with a recital from St Andrew's Holborn, by Radio 3 New Generation Artists oboist Alexei Ogrintchouk and the Psophos Quartet. Britten: Oboe Quartet Debussy: Quartet for strings in G minor Alberga: Succubus Moon (world premiere) Alexei Ogrintchouk (oboe) Psophos Quartet 2.00pm The Czech Philharmonic Orchestra and friends The programme interweaves a whistlestop tour through Czech music since Dvorak with a musical recreation of a remarkable journey. Between 1465 and 1467 the Czech nobleman, diplomat and spy Leo of Rozmital made a pilgrimage from Prague to the Spanish shrine of Santiago de Compostela, travelling there and back through most of Europe. Dvorak: Symphonic Variations Czech Philharmonic Orchestra Jiri Belohlavek (conductor) Anon (Czech): Melos premat hilariter; Jubilo cum carmine Discantus Brigitte Lesne (director) Alla Francesca Pierre Hamon (director) Alta Pierre Boragno (director) Ostrcil: Impromptu, Op 13 Prague Symphony Orchestra Gennady Rozhdestvensky (conductor) Binchois: Salve sancta parens Janacek: Taras Bulba Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra Sakari Oramo (conductor) Anon (English): Alleluia, a newe work Kapralova: String quartet, Op 8 Kapralova Quartet Anon (Spanish): Camini por altar torres; Ensalcemos al Apostol Martinu: Symphony No 1 Czech Philharmonic Orchestra Zdenek Macal (conductor) Anon (Spanish and Italian): Al jorn del Judici (Sybillic prophecy); Fate d'arera Barton: After the Sunset Czech Philharmonic Orchestra Charles Olivieri-Monroe (conductor) Anon (Czech): Jubilo cum carmine.