From the Free
Trade Hall,
Manchester.
Conductor Van Pascal
Tortelier
Howard Shelley (piano) Judith Bingham Beyond Redemption (BBC commission; first performance)
Beethoven Piano Concerto
No 4 in G
8.30 Notes and Spaces
Concert halls have to play an increasingly wider role in the community: what is the outlook for orchestras in the north of England? Lynne Walker investigates.
8.50 Sibelius Symphony No 1 in E minor