Afternoon on 3 - 19/03/2008

Presented by Louise Fryer. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert LSO St Luke's Beethoven Plus Continuing a new series of concerts given at LSO St Luke's in East London. 2/8. To compliment their choice of the third of Beethoven's quartets written for Count Razumovsky, the young Italian Cremona Quartet begin their recital with the fourth quartet by Bartok. Bartok: Quartet No 4 in C, Sz 91 Beethoven: Quartet No 3 in C, Op 59 (Razumovsky) 2.00pm San Francisco Symphony Orchestra A week of concerts from the Davies Symphony Hall, with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra under their music director Michael Tilson Thomas, and an array of guest conductors. Haydn: The Storm San Francisco Symphony Chorus San Francisco Symphony Orchestra Martin Haselbock (conductor) Ives: Decoration Day San Francisco Symphony Orchestra Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor) Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 1 in C, Op 15 Lang Lang (piano) San Francisco Symphony Orchestra Mark Wigglesworth (conductor) Haydn: Symphony No 99 in E flat San Francisco Symphony Orchestra Mark Wigglesworth (conductor) Verdi: Requiem Christine Brewer (soprano) Stephanie Blythe (mezzo-soprano) Frank Lopardo (tenor) Vitalji Kowaljow (bass) San Francisco Symphony Chorus San Francisco Symphony Orchestra James Conlon (conductor).