From the Barbican
Centre, London, the first of seven concerts in a weekend event which celebrates the life and music of the American composer Charles Ives.
The concerts demonstrate all aspects of Ives's writing, from symphonic, chamber, vocal, choral and theatre music to - as tonight - his interest in the brass band.
Introduced by Edward Blakeman.
BBC Symphony Chorus
BBC Symphony Orchestra, conductor Andrew Davis
BBC Symphony Orchestra Brass, conductor
Christopher Larkin
The Unanswered Question; Robert Browning Overture; Holiday Quickstep; March Intercollegiate; From the Steeples and the Mountains; March Omega, Lambda, Chi;
Chromatimelodtune; The Pond
8.40 Ives in his Place
Michael Oliver presents three programmes exploring the life of Charles Ives.
1: My Father's Song:
Charles Ives in Danbury. Michael Oliver considers the influence of Ives's father, the youngest bandmaster to take part in the American Civil War.
Next programme tomorrow
3.55pm
9.00 Holidays Symphony
Concert sponsored by Landrover