Lyndon Jenkins presents rare recordings conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham. Mozart Symphony No 31 in D (Paris)
(K 297; 1958 recording)
Suisse Romande Orchestra Wagner Overture and Venusberg Music (Tannhauser)
(1954 recording): RPO
8.13 Colleagues and friends consider Beecham's reputation 30 years after his death. With Sir Charles Groves , Felix Aprahamian , Norman Del Mar ,
Denis Vaughan and material from the BBC Sound Archives.
8.35 Berlioz Grande
Messe des morts
Richard Lewis (tenor) RPO and Chorus