A rare chance to hear two thematically linked but vastly different works in the same programme. Messiaen's response to the Resurrection is a grainy, impassive meditation for wind, brass and percussion, while Mahler's is an ecstatic vision for full orchestral forces, soloists and chorus. From the Royal Albert Hall , London. Barbara Bonney (soprano),
Jard van Nes (mezzo), City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus,
BBC National Chorus and Orchestra of Wales, conductor Mark Wigglesworth Messiaen Et Exspecto
Resurrectionem Mortuorum
8.00 The Art of Resurrection
Neil MacGregor , director of the National Gallery, talks to
Richard Coles about Titian's great painting Noli Me Tangere. Painted at the beginning of the 16th century, it shows Christ's appearance to the Magdalene the morning after the Resurrection. Neil MacGregor talks to Richard Coles before the painting in the National Gallery, where it now hangs. He retraces the story of the painting and discusses the insight it gives us into the religious thinking of the Renaissance.
8.20 Mahler Symphony No 2 (Resurrection)
Repeated Friday 2pm