From the Royal
Albert Hall , London.
Rosemary Hardy (soprano) BBC Singers
BBC Symphony Orchestra, conductor Oliver Knussen
Mahler Todtenfeier
Oliver Knussen Chiara
(BBC commission, first performance)
8.15 Conversations with Orummond
Sir John Drummond talks to
Richard Osborne about his philosophy of programme planning, his use of themes and this year's Mahler cycle.
8.35 Mahler, arr Britten
What the Wild Flowers Tell
Me
Hans Werner Henze
Symphony No 4