From St David's Hall, Cardiff. Conductor
Mark Wigglesworth , Rolf Hind (piano)
Un-Suk Chin Piano Concerto (BBC commission; first performance)
7.55 Book of the Month
The third of 12 monthly programmes in which a leading writer or critic reviews a new publication. Pulitzer
Prize-winning poet James Tate is one of the most original voices in contemporary American writing. Dana Gioia reviews James Tate : Selected
Poems, published in Britain for the first time this month.
8.15 David Sawer The Greatest
Happiness Principle (BBC commission: first performance)
John Pickard Symphony No 3 (BBC commission; first performance)