Afternoon on 3 - Oxford Chamber Music Festival 2007 - Episode 1

Presented by Penny Gore. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Pieces recorded as part of the Oxford Chamber Music Festival in September 2007. 1/4. The theme of the festival was the number seven - its mystical qualities and musical associations. Here, Beethoven's magnificent Septet, which was recorded at Oxford's Sheldonian Theatre, is heard alongside a piece by the festival's composer-in-resident, Michael Berkeley, taken from a concert given at the Holywell Music Rooms. Berkeley: For the Savage Messiah Priya Mitchell (violin) Lars Anders Tomter (viola) Jan-Erik Gustaffson (cello) Zoran Markovic (double-bass) Christian Hadland (piano) Beethoven: Septet in E flat, Op 20 Patricia Kopatchinskaja (violin) Vladimir Mendelssohn (viola) Jan-Erik Gustaffson (cello) Zoran Markovic (double-bass) Philippe Berrod (clarinet) Bram van Sambeek (bassoon) Olivier Darbellay (horn) 2.00pm John Blackwood McEwen: Grey Galloway for orchestra (Border Ballad No 2) BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Rumon Gamba (conductor) Britten: A Charm of Lullabies Christine Rice (mezzo-soprano) Roger Vignoles (piano) Walton: Symphony No 1 in B flat minor BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Rumon Gamba (conductor) Elgar: In The South Overture, Op 50 BBC Philharmonic Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) Walton: A Song for the Lord Mayor's table Emma Bell (soprano) Andrew West (piano) Elgar: Concerto in B minor for violin and orchestra, Op 61 Tasmin Little (violin) Ulster Orchestra Vernon Handley (conductor).