Afternoon on 3 - Oxford Chamber Music Festival 2007 - Episode 2

Presented by Penny Gore. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Oxford Chamber Music Festival 2007 2/4. The theme of the festival was the number seven - its mystical qualities and musical associations. Here there are three septets on offer: Ravel's masterful Introduction and Allegro, a version of Strauss' Metamorphosen and the sadly neglected Grand Septet by Franz Berwald. By way of contrast, the festival's composer-in-residence, Michael Berkeley, is featured by a piece for flute and harp. Ravel: Introduction and Allegro Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Atla Sponberg (violin) Vladimir Mendelssohn (viola) Peter Wispelwey (cello) Janne Thomsen (flute) Philippe Berrod (clarinet) Jana Bouskova (harp) Strauss: Metamorphosen (ver. for string septet) Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Priya Mitchell (violin) Vladimir Mendelssohn, Lars Anders Tomter (viola) Adrian Brendel (cello) Jan-Erik Gustaffson (cellos) Zoran Markovic (double-bass) Michael Berkeley: Last Breath Janne Thomsen (flute) Jana Bouskova (harp) Berwald: Grand Septet Patricia Kopatchinskaja (violin) Vladimir Mendelssohn (violas) Peter Wispelwey (cello) Zoran Markovic (double-bass) Philippe Berrod (clarinet) Bram van Sambeek (bassoon) Olivier Darbellay (horn) 2.00pm Matthews: The Music of dawn BBC Philharmonic Rumon Gamba (conductor) Walton: Concerto for viola and orchestra Lawrence Power (viola) BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Ilan Volkov (conductor) Maxwell Davies: Roma, amor for orchestra BBC Philharmonic Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) Elgar: Symphony No 2 in E flat BBC Philharmonic Vassily Sinaisky (conductor).