Stephanie Hughes introduces this celebratory programme from London's Barbican Centre, where the BBC Symphony Orchestra, under their new chief conductor Leonard Slatkin , perform two new works specially written for them, Scherzi by Simon Bainbridge and Another Set To by Mark-Anthony Turnage. The concert also includes Samuel Barber 's Violin Concerto and a re-creation of the orchestra's 1941 first
UK performance of Prokofiev's Alexander Nevsky. With
Joshua Bell (violin), Michelle DeYoung (mezzo) and Christian Lindberg (trombone), and the BBC Symphony Chorus.
During the interval, there's a chance to look at the life and work of the orchestra. See Choice.
Director Oliver Macfarlane ; Producer Caroline Speed (S)