The Finals: Part 1 direct from Leeds Town Hall, the first three finalists play a concerto with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra leader DENNIS SIMMONS conducted by Vernon Handley Introduced by Richard Baker with comments by Andre Previn.
(A simultaneous broadcast with BBC2)
(Finals: Part 2 and results tomorrow) (The competition takes place in association with Harvey's of Bristol) including during the interval at 8.30-8.50*
Female Forms
1: Reading Cities
In the first of two talks based on her work-in-progress, the cultural historian Marina Warner looks at the proliferation of women in the statuary that dominates the great capitals of the Western
World, and she discusses what this public symbolism tells us about the values and inner life of our society.