Afternoon on 3 - 21/05/2008

Presented by Penny Gore. Including Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Edinburgh International Festival 2007 Another chance to hear tenor Mark Padmore and chamber ensemble Walking to Lubeck performing a programme of Baroque vocal music in the Bank of Scotland Queen's Hall Series from 2007's Edinburgh International Festival. Bach: Cantata No 55 (Ich armer Mensch) Buxtehude: Contrapunctus 1 Bach: Du bist bei mir Buxtehude: Contrapunctus 2 Bach: Recitative and Aria (Komm, du susse Todesstunde) Buxtehude: Klaglied; Contrapuctus 3 Bach: Cantata No 82 (Ich habe genug) Plus Cello Concertos, Variations and Rhapsodies: Series of performances by the BBC orchestras, with a focus on works for cello and orchestra as well as sets of variations. Brahms: Tragic Overture, Op 81 BBC Philharmonic Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) Brahms: Concerto in A minor for violin, cello and orchestra, Op 102 Olivier Charlier (violin) Alban Gerhardt (cello) BBC Philharmonic Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) Strauss: Ein Heldenleben BBC National Orchestra of Wales Thierry Fischer (conductor) Haydn: Concerto in C for cello and orchestra, H VIIb 1 Daniel Muller-Schott (cello) BBC National Orchestra of Wales Rumon Gamba (conductor) Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op 56a BBC Symphony Orchestra Jiri Belohlavek (conductor).