LIVE Introduced live from the Royal
Albert Hall in London by Martin Handley. Deryck Cooke 's completion of the sketches for
Mahler's final symphony reveals a different view of the composer's personality, and Britten's
Sinfonia da Requiem, composed in 1940, is a reaction to a world at war, expressing not only anger at war's destruction but also a personal pacifist vision. BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Gianandrea Noseda Britten Sinfonia da Requiem
7.25 Twenty Minutes: Vienna Tracy-Ann Oberman reads an extract from the critically acclaimed first novel by Austrian author, Eva Menasse. During a game of bridge in wartime Vienna, one of the players re-assesses his love of taking risks.
7.45 Mahler, compl Deryck Cooke Symphony No 10 This concert is also broadcast on BBC Four at 7.30pm