Jac van Steen conducts his first live-broadcast concert as principal guest conductor of the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. From the Brangwyn Hall, Swansea, introduced by Sarah Walker. JanineJansen (violin),
BBC National Orchestra of Wales, conductor Jac van Steen
Bartok Two Pictures, Op 10
Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto in D, Op 35
8.25 Twenty Minutes: Abidjan Blues
By Veronique Tadjo. Streetlife is the theme of this series of readings for Radio 3's Africa
Season. When Akissi finally returns to Cote d'lvoire, it's to bury her father. She feels like she's severing her last links with the city of her birth. Until, that is, she retraces her father's footsteps in the capital. Read by Janice Acquah.
8.45 Stravinsky The Rite of Spring