From the Royal Albert Hall , London. Tragedy and poetry are gloriously fused in one of Mozart's finest mature piano concertos. The mood is continued in the majesty and spirituality of Bruckner's third symphony - a rare chance to hear it in the original 1877 version.
Alexei Lubimov (piano),
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conductor Osmo Vanska
Mozart Piano Concerto No 24 in C minor, K491
8.05 The Flesh Made Word
Beginning a new interval series in which leading writers consider the relationship between religion and language. Barrister and Rumpole of the Bailey creator John Mortimer unsuccessfully defended Gay News against a charge of blasphemy in 1977. An atheist himself, he asks whether writers are not more in need of legal protection from religion than the other way round.
8.25 Bruckner Symphony No 3 Repeated Tuesday 2pm