From the Royal Albert Hall, London.
BBC Symphony Chorus and Orchestra conductor Yakov Kreizberg
David Wilson-Johnson (baritone)
Vladimir Ovchinikov (piano)
Rachmaninov: Spring
Chopin: Piano Concerto No 2 in F minor
8.20 The Moon Came Out
by Tatyana Tolstaya.
The moon in Natasha's youth promised romance and beauty, but reality in a communal flat in Leningrad proves distinctly drab.
Read by Sorcha Cusack.
8.40 Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 6 in B minor (Pathetique)