Angela Rippon introduces the BBC Concert Orchestra leader MARTIN LOVEDAY conducted by Heinz Geese with Ruriko Tsukahara (violin) Hiromi Okada (piano)
Tonight's concert of classical favourites includes
Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No 1 and his Marche slave, plus music by Bizet, Dukas, Elgar, and Glinka.
Producer BRIAN WILLEY
(Given on 27Aprilat the Barbican Hall, London in association with Yamaichi International (Europe) Ltd)
8.25-8.45* Japanese Music: Oriental or Occidental
Mike Hollingsworth surveys the contemporary music scene in Japan and explores in particular the growing conflict between Eastern and Western influences.
Producer TIM MCDONALD