This evening's concert from the Royal Albert Hall ,
London, features an all-Strauss programme with a twist. This year sees the 150th, 100th and 50th anniversaries respectively of the deaths of Johann Strauss father and son and Richard Strauss. Till
Eulenspiegel sets the mood for an evening of wine, women and song. Inger Dam-Jensen (soprano), BBC Symphony Orchestra, conductor Manfred Honeck
Strauss Till Eulenspiegels Lustige Streiche; Leb Wohl , Du Tag; Final Scene (Daphne)
7.40 Summer Pleasures
6: Sailing. Biographer
Richard Holmes on his favourite summer pastime of sailing.
8.00 Johann Strauss (father) Waltz: Voices of Spring
Josef Strauss Dragonfly Polka
Johann Strauss (son) Perpetuum Mobile; Waltz: Wine, Women and Song; Mein Herr , Was Dichten Sie (Die Fledermaus); Polka: Auf der Jagd; Polka: In Krapfenwaldl; Peasants' Polka;
Johann Strauss (father)
Waltz: Homage to Queen Victoria