Afternoon on 3

Presented by Penny Gore. Including Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: A concert from 2007's Cheltenham Festival, with the Florestan Trio performing in the Pittville Pump Room with mezzo-soprano Susan Gritton in a programme featuring piano trios by Haydn and Schubert, as well as Shostakovich's settings of Alexander Blok's poetry. Haydn: Piano Trio No 1 in E flat, H XV 10 Shostakovich: Seven Romances on Verses by Blok, Op 127 Schubert: Piano Trio no 2 in E flat, D929 Plus The Alps: Continuing a week of music with an Alpine connection, including orchestral and choral works. Honegger: Pacific 231 Tonhalle Orchestra, Zurich Heinz Holliger (conductor) Martin: Songs of Ariel Swedish Radio Chorus Peter Dijkstra (conductor) Poulenc: Concerto for 2 pianos Lilya Zilberstein, Alexander Gurning (pianos) Lausanne Chamber Orchestra Christian Zacharias (conductor) Peng Xiuwen: Flowing Water China Broadcasting Chinese Orchestra Pang Ka-Pang (conductor) Wagner: Tristan und Isolde (Act 1) Cast includes: Ian Storey (tenor), Matti Salminen (bass), Waltraud Meier (soprano), Gerg Grokowski (baritone), Will Hartmann (tenor), Michelle de Young (soprano) La Scala Chorus and Orchestra Daniel Barenboim (conductor).