From the Royal
Albert Hall , London.
Including a rare outing for a controversial one-act opera by Hindemith.
Garrick Ohlsson (piano)
The Sixteen (women's voices)
BBC Philharmonic, conductor Yan Pascal
Tortelier
Weber Overture: Der
Freischutz
Brahms Piano Concerto No
2 in B flat
8.40 Interval
Scandalising, often banned, even disowned by its composer, is Hindemith's one-act sex shocker of an opera Sancta Susanna worth all the fuss?
Jonathan Swain investigates.
9.00 Hindemith Sancta
Susanna
Old Nun .ANN HOWARD (mezzo-sop)