The first of six regular Sunday-night relays from the 90th season of Henry Wood Promenade Concerts features
Tchaikovsky's Symphony No 5, in E minor, Op 64 played by the BBC Symphony Orchestra leader MAURICE BRETT conducted by Marek Janowski
Tchaikovsky himself conducted the first performance of his symphony in St Petersburg (Leningrad) in 1888 in the presence of Brahms.
Introduced by Richard Baker
Executive producer KENNETH CORDEN Directed by RON ISTED
(From an all-Russian concert given on 26 July. Next Sunday: Brahms' Violin Concerto, soloist Ida Haendel )