In a concert given last night at the Bridgewater Hall in Manchester, the Halle Orchestra perform three English works that became firm Halle favourites through concerts and recordings under previous conductors of the orchestra, such as Hamilton Harty and John Barbirolli. Introduced by Petroc Trelawny .
Stephen Hough (piano), Halle Orchestra , conductor Mark Elder
Dellus Brigg Fair (An English Rhapsody) Mendelssohn Piano Concerto No 1 in G minor
8.10 Twenty Minutes: Blue Remembered
Hills Martin Wainwright revisits the Shropshire of his childhood, talking to Jane Allsopp about Housman's landscape, and to some contemporary Shropshire lads.
8.30 Butterworth A Shropshire Lad Elgar Variations on an Original Theme (Engima)