Humphrey Carpenter introduces some music for Palm Sunday, including:
6.00 Weelkes Hosanna to the Son of David Choir of King's College,
Cambridge, conductor David Willcocks
7.00 Gliere Russian Sailors' Dance
(Red Poppy Suite) BBC Philharmonic, conductor Edward Downes
7.30 Bach Cantata No 182:
Himmelskonig, Sei Willkommen Barbara Schlick (soprano),
Kai Wessel (alto), Christoph Pregardien (tenor), Klaus Mertens (bass), Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, director Ton Koopman
8.00 Weber Overture: Euryanthe
Russian NO, conductor Mikhail Pletnev
8.30 Beethoven Variations on "Rule,
Britannia", WoO 79
Olli Mustonen (piano)