Direct from the Royal Albert Hall

Malcolm Binns (piano)
BBC Singers
BBC Choral Society, director John Poole
BBC Symphony Orchestra, leader Eli Goren, conducted by Colin Davis

Wagner Overture and Venus-berg Music (Tannhauser)

Ravel Piano Concerto for the left hand

Sir Lennox Berkeley says:
'I knew Ravel when I was a student in Paris, and though I cannot claim to have been a pupil, I benefited greatly from his help and advice. This year is the centenary of his birth. Daphnis and Chloe, written for the Diaghilev Ballet, is his largest orchestral work. The left hand Piano Concerto, one of his last compositions, was a commission - something of a challenge for any composer - but allowing scope for the ingenuity that was such a feature of his music.'

Berlioz Royal Hunt and Storm (The Trojans)