Petroc Trelawny with music and arts news, including a review of the Royal Opera's performance of Verdi's Luisa Miller at the Edinburgh Festival last night, followed by the overture to the opera performed by the BBC
Philharmonic, conductor Edward Downes. Other music includes
Leopold Mozart 's Toy Symphony performed by the Berlin Philharmonic, conductor Herbert von Karajan , at
6.10; Mendelssohn's Rondo Brillant in E flat performed by Stephen Hough and the CBSO at 7.10; and Strauss's Accelerations Waltz performed by the Vienna Philharmonic, conductor Carlos Kleiber , leading up to the news at 8.00.