Episode 1

In Afternoon on 3 this week Penny Gore presents recent concerts by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, and featuring Russian concertos - for violin, cello and piano.

On Friday Denis Kozhukhin joins the orchestra for Rachmaninov's Second Piano Concerto, on Wednesday Peter Wispelwey is the solo cellist in Tchaikovsky's Rococo Variations, and the series is launched today by violinist James Ehnes, who plays Shostakovich's First Violin Concerto in December in Perth. The BBC SSO's Chief Conductor Donald Runnicles is at the helm, and the concert also includes Elgar and Beethoven.

Elgar: Cockaigne (In London town) - overture, Op 40
2.15pm
Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No 1 in A minor, Op 77
James Ehnes (violin)
2.50pm
Beethoven: Symphony No 4 in B flat major, Op 60
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra,
Donald Runnicles (conductor).

3.40pm
Sibelius: Symphony No.2 in D major, Op 43
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra,
Ilan Volkov (conductor).

Thursday Opera Matinee is Rossini's sparkling comedy The Italian Girl in Algiers (L'italiana in Algeri), from the 2013 Rossini Festival in Pesaro.