Live from the Proms

A stereo relay with Radio 3 from the Royal Albert Hall, London. BBC Symphony Orchestra leader Bela Dekany conductor Gennadi Rozhdestvensky Mozart Symphony No 32 in C (Overture in the Italian Style K 318) Britten Diversions on a theme for Piano (left hand) and Orchestra soloist Victoria Postnikova During the interval (8.5-8.25*) Michael Berkeley, who introduces the programme, will talk to Gennadi Rozhdestvensky whose first appearance as Chief Conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra this is. There will also be a discussion chaired by Bernard Keeffe between Alexander Goehr and Wilfrid Mellers on the composer and his audience. Part 2 Shostakovich Symphony No 4 in C minor