Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London.
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Mariss Jansons
Midori (violin)
The first of two concerts by the Oslo Philharmonic includes Richard Strauss's epic pictorial symphony, and a Prom debut for a young Japanese violinist, who recorded the Tchaikovsky Concerto when she was just 15.
Schnittke (K)ein Sommernachtstraum
Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto in D
8.20 During the interval, Peter Paul Nash talks to Mariss Jansons about his music-making in Oslo, and the turbulent state of his native Russia.
8.40 Strauss An Alpine Symphony
(The appearance by the Oslo PO has been made possible by support from Hydro)
(Simultaneous Broadcast with BBC2 television)