Tonight at the Royal Albert Hall , the talented young players of the European Union Youth Orchestra scale a Straussian mountain with guest conductor
Vladimir Ashkenazy and showcase the winning work in the recent Masterprize competition to find powerful new orchestral pieces. As a contrast, they explore the sound world of Berg's lush late-romantic songs.
Hillevi Martinpelto (soprano),
European Union Youth Orchestra, conductor Vladimir Ashkenazy
Andrew March Marine a travers les
Arbres
Berg Seven Early Songs
8.00 Forty Years On
Vladimir Ashkenazy talks to Stephanie Hughes.
8.20 Strauss An Alpine Symphony SIMULTANEOUS BROADCAST with BBC2
Repeated Thursday 2pm
♦ Radio Times classical CD offer, p38: Roland White review, pl25