live from the Royal Albert Hall , London.
Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano) Tatyana Nikolaeva (piano)
George McIlwham
(bagpipes); BBC Singers
BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus/Andrew Davis Rossini Overture: The
Barber of Seville
Massenet Pleurez mes yeux (Le Cid)
Je marche sur tous les chemins (Manon)
Rossini, arr Britten Soirees musicales
Shostakovich Piano
Concerto No 2 in F
8.30 A Kitchenette of Composers by Tim Firth. "Clairvoyant's when you see the dead, clairaudient's when you hear the dead, and clair - well, there isn't one for smelling the dead, is there?"
Maureen can't read music, and only plays the stylophone. But she takes dictation from Liszt,
Beethoven and Ravel - so long as they speak slowly.
8.55 Brahms, arr Sargent Academic Festival Overture
Korngold Marietta's Song (Die Tote Stadt)
Catalani EbbenPNe andro lontana (Im Wally)
Puccini Chi il bel sogno (La Rondine)
Sullivan Overture di Ballo Peter Maxwell Davies
An Orkney Wedding with Sunrise
Elgar Pomp and Circumstance March No 1
Wood Fantasia on British
Sea-Songs
Ame Rule, Britannia! Parry, orch Elgar Jerusalem
•SIMULTANEOUS BROADCAST
: Part 1 with BBC2/Part 2 with BBC1