Live from the Royal Albert Hall , London. Tonight's concert celebrates the centenary of Kurt Weill , who reinvented opera in America, and the 70th birthday of Stephen Sondheim , who rejuvenated the musical. The mood is set by the music of George Gershwin , who transports Broadway to the Champs Elysees.Kim Criswell
(vocalist), Lori Ann Fuller and Orla Boylan
(sopranos), Daniel Norman (tenor), Graham Bickley (baritone) and Mark Richardson (bass), the Geoffrey Mitchell Choir,
BBC Concert Orchestra/Barry Wordsworth Gershwin An American in Paris
Sondheim Songs from the Shows - a 70th Birthday Tribute: Everybody Says Don't, Not Getting Married Today, Lesson No 8, Move On, Not a Day Goes By and More.
8.20 Twenty Minutes
The third in a series of commissioned short stories on the theme of food and wine is by Leslie Forbes.
8.40 Weill, arr Lys Symonette/Kim
Kowalke Suite: Street Scenes (first UK performance)
Repeated Friday 2pm
Brian Kay 's Prom of the Week: page 45