From the Royal Albert Hall , a life-enhancing programme centred on an atmospheric new work to celebrate the 70th birthday of Thea Musgrave , revisiting the past "with our own contemporary imagination". Surrounding it are
Elgar's delightful vision of childhood, a seductive tone poem by Sibelius, and the wild spirit of dance in Beethoven's seventh symphony. Lisa Milne (soprano)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Osmo Vanska. Sibelius The Oceanides
Thea Musgrave Songs for a Winter's Evening (first London performance)
Elgar The Wand of Youth: Suite No 2
8.25 The Flesh Made Word
Playwright Graham Reid discusses how much, or how little, the Protestant culture of his native Northern Ireland has to do with its religious label.
8.45 Beethoven Symphony No 7 in A Repeated Wednesday 2pm