Afternoon on 3 - 28/12/2007

Presented by Penny Gore. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Beethoven Plus A run of concerts recorded at LSO St Luke's, featuring a complete series of Beethoven's string quartets coupled with masterpieces of the genre by Haydn and Bartok. 8/8. Haydn's Frog Quartet earned its nickname from the rocking motif in the final movement, and it was the last movement of Beethoven's last completed quartet that caused such controversy at the premiere. After a reviewer described it as 'incomprehensible', Beethoven replaced the last movement (later published separately as the Grosse Fuge) with an altogether lighter and cheerier Allegro movement which, arguably, sits uncomfortably after the emotional weight of the Cavatina. Haydn: Quartet in D, Op 50 No 6 (The Frog) Beethoven: Quartet in B flat, Op 130 Prazak Quartet 2.00pm Bayreuth Ring Cycle 2007 Wagner: Siegfried (Act 1) Siegfried ...... Stephen Gould (tenor) Mime ...... Gerhard Siegel (tenor) The Wanderer ...... Albert Dohmen (baritone) Alberich ...... Andrew Shore (baritone) Fafner ...... Hans-Peter König (bass) Erda ...... Mihoko Fujimura (contralto) Brünnhilde ...... Linda Watson (soprano) Waldvogel ...... Robin Johannsen (soprano) Bayreuth Festival Orchestra Christian Thielemann (conductor) Buxtehude: Alles was ihr tut mit Worten oder mit Werken Harmony of Voices Altapunta Ensemble Ole-Kristian Andersen (conductor) Buxtehude: Nimm von uns, Herr, du treuer Gott, BuxWV 207 Byne Bryndorf (organ) Vaughan Williams: Hodie Susan Gritton (soprano) Mark Wilde (tenor) James Rutherford (baritone) Berlin Radio Chorus Berlin State and Cathedral Choir German Symphony Orchestra, Berlin Simon Halsey (conductor).