Afternoon on 3 - 28/11/2007

Presented by Fiona Talkington. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert 2/4. Continuing the week of lunchtime recitals from Manchester's Bridgewater Hall, Radio 3 New Generation Artist Gwilym Simcock presents a concert of jazz piano music, including some of his own compositions and improvisations. 2.00pm Featuring Scottish music, composers and performers. Judith Weir: Vertue Kim Porter (mezzo-soprano) Andrew Murgatroyd (tenor) BBC Singers Nicholas Kok (conductor) MacCunn: Jeanie Deans (excerpts) Jeanie ...... Janice Watson (soprano) Effie ...... Lisa Milne (soprano) Staunton ...... Jamie MacDougall (tenor) Deans ...... Peter Sidhom (baritone) Dumbiedykes ...... Stephen Gadd (baritone) Constable ...... Graeme Danby (bass) Scottish Opera Chorus BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Martyn Brabbins (conductor) Sally Beamish: Sangsters (Concerto for orchestra) BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Nicholas McGegan (conductor) Thea Musgrave: Poems on the Underground (Set 3: A Medieval Summer) BBC Singers Stephen Cleobury (conductor) Judith Weir: Natural History Anu Komsi (soprano) BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Stefan Solyom (conductor) Wallace: The Passing of Beatrice (Symphonic Poem No 1) BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Martyn Brabbins (conductor) Trad Scottish, arr. MacMillan: The Cruel Mother Stuart MacIntyre (baritone) BBC Singers Stephen Cleobury (conductor) James MacMillan: Mairi BBC Singers Stephen Cleobury (conductor) James MacMillan: The Quickening Hilliard Ensemble City of Birmingham Youth Chorus and Symphony Chorus BBC Philharmonic James MacMillan (conductor).