05/11/2007

Presented by Penny Gore.

1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

More than three decades after their first Lunchtime Concert for BBC Radio 3, the Vermeer Quartet give their last recital at London's Wigmore Hall as part of their farewell tour. Introduced by Verity Sharp.

Schubert: Quartet in E flat, D87
Mendelssohn: Quartet in E minor, Op 44, No 2

2.00pm

A week of programmes showcasing the BBC Orchestras in recent performances at the international Prague Autumn Festival, featuring concerts in the Dvorák Hall of the Rudolfinum by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, and the BBC Philharmonic. Each afternoon we'll also hear an audio postcard recorded on location by Louise Fryer at a famous Prague landmark.

Elgar: Cockaigne Overture, Op 40
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Ilan Volkov (conductor)

Walton: Concerto in B minor for violin and orchestra
James Ehnes (violin)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Ilan Volkov (conductor)

Beethoven: Symphony No 3 in E flat (Eroica)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Ilan Volkov (conductor)

Debussy: Nocturnes for orchestra
Ladies of the BBC Singers
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Ilan Volkov (conductor)

Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 5 in E minor
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Ilan Volkov (conductor).