From the Royal Festival Hall, London, a gala concert given in memory of Diana, Princess of Wales, in the presence of the Queen. The concert supports the Great
Ormond Street Children's Hospital and marks the Royal Academy of Music's 175th anniversary. Maxim Vengerov (violin),
Yuri Bashmet (viola), Lynne Dawson
(soprano), Jean Rigby (mezzo), John Mark Ainsley (tenor), Gerald Finley (baritone), Royal Academy of Music Chorus and Sinfonia, conductor Colin Davis
Mozart Kyrie in D minor, K341;
Sinfonia Concertante in E flat, K364
8.10 The Unclouded Concerto
Sean Street introduces a choice of poems inspired by the music and life of Mozart, including short works by Thomas Hardy , Robert Graves and Wallace Stevens , plus
Alison Brackenbury 's longer work, 1829.
8.30 Mozart, compl Sussmayr Requiem in D minor, K626
* Brian Kay 's concert of the week: page 53