Afternoon on 3 - 29/02/2008

Presented by Penny Gore. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Concluding a week of highlights from a series of concerts given in St George's Hall in Liverpool last autumn to mark the city's 800th anniversary. These concerts feature young artists performing British and American repertoire, reflecting Liverpool's long-standing reputation as the gateway to the New World. Ives: Variations on America Onyx Brass Quintet Pitfield: Trio for flute, oboe and piano InTriplicate Barber: String Quartet in B minor Doric Quartet Bridge: Sonata for violin and piano Jack Liebeck (violin) Ashley Wass (piano) Copland: Old American Songs (excerpts) Simon Bailey (bass-baritone) Claire Dunham (piano) 2.20pm British Symphony Series: Peter Maxwell Davies Symphony Cycle Tavener: The Beautiful Names John-Mark Ainsley (tenor) BBC Symphony Chorus Trinity College of Music Chamber Choir BBC Symphony Orchestra Jiri Belohlavek (conductor) Prokofiev: Sonata in C for cello and piano, Op 119 Christian Poltera (cello) Pollina Leschenko (piano) Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No 1 in D flat, Op 10 Nikolai Lugansky (piano) Jiri Belohlavek (conductor).