From the Barbican Hall,
London, the first of six concerts in the BBC's
Witold Lutoslawski festival. Four pieces from the 1980s - including the works for violin and orchestra - contrast with the Trois Poemes
(1963) for chorus and orchestra and the 1 early Concerto for Orchestra (1954).
Antje Weithaas (violin),
Simon Joly (assistant conductor), BBC Singers and Symphony
Orchestra, conductor
Andrew Davis Lutoslawski Chain III: Partita;
Interlude: Chain II
8.25 Lutoslawski: the Man
Bernard Jacobson introduces a biographical sketch of Witold
Lutoslawski in the composer's own words and through the reminiscences of those who knew and worked with him.
Lutoslawski: the Music is broadcast Sunday
8.15pm
8.45 Trois Poemes d'Henri Michaux;
Concerto for Orchestra
Next concert tomorrow 4.00pm