From the Royal Albert Hall, London.
Gidon Kremer (violin)
Judith Howarth (soprano) Randi Stene (mezzo) Jason Howard (baritone)
BBC Symphony Chorus
BBC Symphony Orchestra, conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen
Nielsen Overture: Helios
Kaija Saariaho Graal Theatre (BBC commission, first performance)
8.10 Twentieth-Century Masterworks
Composer Steve Martland explores the apocalyptic world of Scriabin and his
Poem of Ecstasy, with the help of tonight's conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen.
8.30 Szymanowski Stabat mater
Scriabin The Poem of Ecstasy
(Simultaneous Broadcast with BBC2)