Afternoon on 3 - A Prelude to Youth - A prelude to youth

The BBC National Orchestra of Wales looks forward to the final of the BBC Young Musician competition this weekend with a focus on youth, including performances featuring previous winners. 1994 winner cellist Natalie Clein joins the orchestra in the powerful first cello concerto by Shostakovich. There's also a performance of Vaughan Williams' elegiac Lark Ascending from another previous winner, Jennifer Pike (now a Radio 3 New Generation Artist). Finally we hear from the string finalist in this year's competition. Presented by Jonathan Swain. Borodin: In the steppes of central asia BBC National Orchestra of Wales Alex Shelley (conductor) Shostakovich: Cello concerto no. 1 in E flat, Op.107 BBC National Orchestra of Wales Natalie Clein (cello) Alex Shelley (conductor) 2.40pm Tchaikovsky: Symphony no. 2 in C minor "Little Russian" BBC National Orchestra of Wales Alex Shelley (conductor) Liszt: Orpheus BBC National Orchestra of Wales Vasily Petrenko (conductor) Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending BBC National Orchestra of Wales Jennifer Pike (violin) Richard Hickox (conductor) 3.45pm Haydn: Symphony no. 49 in F minor "La Passione" BBC National Orchestra of Wales Lesley Hatfield (conductor) Dvorak: Serenade for strings BBC National Orchestra of Wales Lesley Hatfield (conductor) 4.45pm Performances from the winner of the 2010 BBC Young Musician strings final.