I From the Colston Hall , Bristol, introduced by Chris Wines.
Alexei Lubimov (piano), Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, conductor Herbert Blomstedt
Mendelssohn Overture: The Hebrides
(Fingal's Cave)
Schubert Symphony No 2 in B flat
8.15 Book of the Month
In The Dragon in the Land of Snows, Tibetan historian Tsering Shakya draws on a mass of oral and archival sources to uncover the story of Tibet's struggle to maintain independence.
In the first such history from a Tibetan writer, he looks at the subsequent story of Chinese attempts at unification and at the background to current and future developments in the area.
8.35 Brahms Piano Concerto No I in D minor