Live from the Royal Albert Hall , London. Tommy Pearson presents a concert of 20th-century music featuring the first performances of Boulez's latest orchestration of his early piano Notations and Tobias Picker 's newly commissioned cello concerto. The evening opens with pastoral scenes from New England and concludes in triumph with Janacek's orchestral fanfare - a work that requires nofewerthan 25 brass instruments.
Paul Watkins (cello), BBC Symphony
Orchestra, conductor David Robertson Ives Three Places in New England
Boulez Notations I-IV and VII (UK first performance of Notation VII)
8.15 Twenty Minutes
Writers Kersten Glandien and David Hendy consider how radio might evolve in the" new media" age with delegates from an international radio conference.
8.35 Picker Cello Concerto (BBC commission; first performance) Janacek Sinfonietta