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

Presented by Penny Gore. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Oxford Chamber Music Festival 2007 3/4. Recorded at Holywell Music Rooms in Oxford, as part of the 2007 Oxford Chamber Music Festival. Including one of the true masterpieces of 20th century chamber music, Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time. Plus the festival's composer-in-residence, Michael Berkeley, is featured here by a beautiful work for solo flute. Michael Berkeley: Inner Space Janne Thomsen (flute) Messiaen: Quartet for the end of time Laurent Korcia (violin) Adrian Brendel (cello) Philippe Berrod (clarinet) Christian Hadland (piano) 2.00pm Dukas: Ariane et Barbe-bleue (Opera in 3 acts) Ariane ...... Lori Phillips (soprano) La Nourrice ...... Patricia Bardon (mezzo-soprano) Barbe-Bleue ...... Peter Rose (bass) Selysette ...... Laura Vlasak Volen (mezzo-soprano) Ygraine ...... Ana James (soprano) Melisande ...... Daphne Touchais (soprano) Bellangere ...... Sarah-Jane Davies (soprano) BBC Singers BBC Symphony Orchestra Leon Botstein (conductor) Elgar: Cockaigne Overture, Op 40 Ulster Orchestra Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor) Walton: Symphony No 2 BBC Philharmonic Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor).