Reconstructions of the concert programmes in which the nine symphonies were first performed Royal Albert Hall, 24 June 1943 Mendelssohn Overture: A Midsummer Night's Dream LPO/RAYMOND LEPPARD Vaughan Williams Symphony No 5, in D LPO/SIR ADRIAN BOULT Handel Tell Fair Irene (Atalanta) JAN PEERCE (tenor) VIENNA STATE OPERA ORCHESTRA/HANS SCHWIEGER Schumann Piano Concerto in A minor SOLOMON PHILHARMONIA/HERBERT MENGES Stravinsky Suite: The Firebird (1910) BBC SO/PIERRE BOULEZ Ireland Epic March LPO/SIR ADRIAN BOULT: records VHF/FM only from 3.25