Episode 2

On Sunday the BBC's seven performing groups all gave live concerts on Radio 3. In this week's Afternoon on 3 Penny Gore picks up the baton to celebrate all seven performing groups with a concert each - from right across the UK and Europe. Today it's the turn of the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and the BBC Singers, with very recent concerts from tours to Italy and France showcasing their wide-ranging repertoire of both British and non-British music.

Takemitsu: Toward the Sea II
Catrin Finch, harp
Adam Walker, alto flute
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Thierry Fischer, conductor

Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto no. 5 (Egyptian)
Nicholas Angelich, piano
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Thierry Fischer, conductor

2.45pm
Purcell: Jehova quam multi sunt
Eustache du Caurroy: Ave virgo gloriosa
John Tavener: Two Hymns to the Mother of God
Thierry Escaich: Dixit Dominus
Orlando Gibbons: See, see the Word is incarnate
BBC Singers
Paul Brough (conductor)
Richard Pearce (organ)

Britten: Four Sea Interludes from 'Peter Grimes'
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Thierry Fischer, conductor

Elgar: In the South (Alassio)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Thierry Fischer, conductor

William Byrd: Mass for five voices
interspersed with works including:
Judith Bingham: The Spirit of Truth
Gabriel Jackson: A Prayer of King Henry VI
BBC Singers
Paul Brough (conductor).