BBC Philharmonic - Edward Downes 's 80th Birthday Concert
Petroc Trelawny presents a concert conducted by Edward Downes at Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, on the occasion of his 80th birthday, on 17 June.
Respighi The Pines of Rome
7.55 Twenty Minutes: Fifty Years at the Royal Opera House
Piers Burton-Page talks to Edward Downes about his life-long passion for opera, his five decades conducting at Covent Garden, and his specialisms: Verdi, Wagner and Russian opera.
8.15 Shostakovich Symphony No 7 (Leningrad)