Afternoon on 3 - 21/02/2008

Presented by John Shea. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert City of London Festival 2007 Radio 3 New Generation Artists the Ebene Quartet perform in a concert given at the church of St Bartholomew the Great at last year's festival. Webern: Langsamer Satz; 6 Bagatelles Gribbin: Calum's Light (world premiere) Ravel: String Quartet Ebene Quartet 2.00pm The Czech Philharmonic Orchestra and friends Continuing the celebration of Czech music making. With Russian music from the Czech Philharmonic, Germans performing Strauss in serious and humorous moods at the 2007 Prague Autumn Festival, and two Czech composers influenced by jazz. Glinka: Overture (Ivan Susanin, A Life for the Tsar) Czech Philharmonic Alexander Lazarev (conductor) Haas: Horse, Cart And Driver (String Quartet No 2, 2nd mvt) Pavel Haas Quartet Balakirev, compl. Lyapounov: Piano Concerto No 2 in E flat Ivan Rudin (piano) Czech Philharmonic Alexander Lazarev (conductor) Strauss: 6 Songs: Heimliche Aufforderung; Meinem Kinde; Zueignung; Morgen; Ich wollt ein Strausslein binden; Cacilie Genia Kuhmeier (soprano) WDR Symphony Orchestra Semyon Bychkov (conductor) Haas: Wild Night (String Quartet No 2, 4th mvt) Pavel Haas Quartet Novak: Capriccio for cello and small orchestra Petr Nouzovsky (cello) Czech Chamber Philharmonic Leos Svarovsky (conductor) Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks WDR Symphony Orchestra Semyon Bychkov (conductor) Haas: String Quartet No 3 Pavel Haas Quartet Tchaikovsky: Orchestral Suite No 3 in G Czech Philharmonic Alexander Lazarev (conductor).