A prelude to youth

The BBC National Orchestra of Wales looks forward to the final of the BBC Young Musician competition this weekend with a focus on youth, including performances featuring previous winners. 1994 winner cellist Natalie Clein joins the orchestra in the powerful first cello concerto by Shostakovich. There's also a performance of Vaughan Williams' elegiac Lark Ascending from another previous winner, Jennifer Pike (now a Radio 3 New Generation Artist). Finally we hear from the string finalist in this year's competition. Presented by Jonathan Swain.

Borodin: In the steppes of central asia
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Alex Shelley (conductor)

Shostakovich: Cello concerto no. 1 in E flat, Op.107
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Natalie Clein (cello)
Alex Shelley (conductor)

2.40pm
Tchaikovsky: Symphony no. 2 in C minor "Little Russian"
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Alex Shelley (conductor)

Liszt: Orpheus
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Vasily Petrenko (conductor)

Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Jennifer Pike (violin)
Richard Hickox (conductor)

3.45pm
Haydn: Symphony no. 49 in F minor "La Passione"
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Lesley Hatfield (conductor)

Dvorak: Serenade for strings
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Lesley Hatfield (conductor)

4.45pm
Performances from the winner of the 2010 BBC Young Musician strings final.