live from the Royal Albert Hall , London.
Thomas Allen (baritone)
BBC Symphony Orchestra conductor
Matthias Bamert.
John Casken 's Still Mine, which receives its world premiere tonight, is a setting of four poems with a strong Northumbrian flavour. It was written specifically for the soloist Thomas Allen.
Debussy La Mer John Casken
Still Mine, for baritone and orchestra (BBC commission, first performance)
8.20 Lyndon Jenkins and Eric Fenby explore the background to Delius's Brigg Fair.
8.40 Delius
Brigg Fair Sibelius
Symphony No 5 in Eflat