I The first of 17 three concerts celebrating the 80th birthday of Witold
Lutoslawski, live from the Free Trade Hall, Manchester.
BBC Philharmonic conductor
Yan Pascal Tortelier
Jon Kimura Parker (piano) Lutoslawski
Mi-Parti
Beethoven
Piano Concerto No 4 in G
8.30 Stalin, Stalin and Stalin by Jonathan Treitel. The infamous Russian leader had many doubles, and after his death they would meet once every five years. Champagne was drunk, caviar consumed and stories exchanged ...
Reader John Moffatt.
8.50 Shostakovich
Symphony No 10