Afternoon on 3 - 20/06/2008

Presented by Penny Gore. Including Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: A concert from 2007's Cheltenham Festival, with highly regarded current Radio 3 New Generation Artists the Pavel Haas Quartet performing a recital in the Pittville Pump Room, featuring music by Mozart, Dvorak and Janacek. Mozart: Adagio and Fugue in C minor K546 Dvorak: String Quartet No 12 in F (American) Janacek: String Quartet No 2 (Intimate Letters) Plus The Alps: Concluding a week of music with an Alpine connection, with the last two acts of Wagner's Tristan and Isolde in a performance given at La Scala, Milan earlier this year. During the interval British tenor Ian Storey talks to Penny about his role in the production. Wagner: Tristan und Isolde (Acts 2 and 3) With Ian Storey (tenor), Matti Salminen (bass), Waltraud Meier (soprano), Gerd Grokowski (baritone), Will Hartmann (tenor), Michelle de Young (soprano), Ryland Davies (tenor), Ernesto Panariello (baritone), Alfredo Nigro (tenor). La Scala Chorus and Orchestra/Daniel Barenboim.