Stephanie Hughes with music and arts news, including previews of Cardiff's Vital Animation Festival and the City of London Festival, which both open today. Music includes Britten's Simple Symphony performed by the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, conductor Kenneth Sillito , at 6.40;
Eigar's Sea Slumber Song from Sea Pictures performed by Janet Baker and the BBC Symphony Orchestra, conductor James Loughran , after the
7.00 news; and John Adams 's Short
Ride in a Fast Machine played by the San Francisco Symphony
Orchestra, conductor Edo de Waart , after the 8.00 news.