Afternoon on 3 - Dresden and Leipzig - Episode 1

This week Afternoon on 3 features performances from the Dresden Staatskapelle and Lepizig Gewandhaus Orchestras. Today's programme includes two favourites from the concerto repertoire: Elgar's Cello Concerto and Mozart's Clarinet Concerto. Plus Schumann's Rhenish Symphony and a Bach Cantata recorded at the Leipzig Bach Festival. Presented by Louise Fryer. 2pm Mozart: Don Giovanni Overture Strauss: Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra Christopher Hogwood (conductor) 2.45pm Elgar: Cello Concerto in E minor Marie-Elisabeth Hecker (cello) Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra Gérard Korsten (conductor) 3.15pm Bach: Gott, man lobt dich in der Stille, BWV.120 Dorothee Mields (soprano) Damien Guillon (alto) Colin Balzer (tenor) Peter Kooij (bass) Collegium Vocale Ghent Philippe Herreweghe (conductor) Jörg Widmann: Con brio Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra David Zinman (conductor) 3.50pm Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A major, K.622 Jörg Widmann (clarinet) Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra David Zinman (conductor) 4.25pm Schumann: Symphony no.3 in E flat major, 'Rhenish' Dresden Staatskapelle Daniel Harding (conductor).