11 June 2008
Wednesday 11 June 2008 13:00-17:00 (Radio 3)
Presented by Penny Gore.
1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
In the second of four concerts given at this year's The Guardian Hay Festival, baritone Thomas Allen is accompanied by Simon Over in a recital featuring songs setting French poetry from the 15th century through to the First World War. All the composers featured were involved with the Societe Musicale Independante.
Playlist:
Faure: L'Horizon chimerique
Debussy: Trois Ballades de Francois Villon
Poulenc: Songs from Poemes de Ronsard
Ravel: Histoires naturelles
2.00pm
Continuing a week of programmes focusing on performances by BBC orchestras, with two themes running throughout: concertos for violin and orchestra, and the symphonies of Beethoven.
Berlioz: Overture (Le carnaval romain, Op 9)
Milhaud: Suite Francaise, Op 248
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Thierry Fischer (conductor)
Dvorak: Symphony No 5 in F, Op 76
BBC Philharmonic
Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)
3.00pm
Howard Skempton: The Moon Is Flashing
James Gilchrist (tenor)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Grant Llewellyn (conductor)
Saint-Saens: Violin Concerto No 3 in B minor, Op 61
Philippe Graffin (violin)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Thierry Fischer (conductor)
Beethoven: Elegischer Gesang, Op 118
BBC Singers
Stephen Betteridge (piano)
Stephen Cleobury (conductor)
4.10pm
Beethoven: Symphony No 6 in F, Op 68 (Pastoral)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
James Judd (conductor)
