Part 1

BBC PROMS 2010

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London

Presented by Martin Handley

Sir Andrew Davis returns to the BBC Proms as Conductor Laureate of the BBC Symphony Orchestra with a typically wide-ranging programme of music whose pairings reflect musical homages. 'Mozart always smiled; his music also smiled,' said Messiaen of Mozart - which explains the title of his Mozart tribute Un sourire. That prefaces one of Mozart's ebullient piano concertos, and the second half of the concert couples one of Brahms's greatest works with a tribute from one of his English admirers

Messiaen: Un sourire
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 17 in G major, K453

Louis Lortie (piano)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sir Andrew Davis (conductor)

This Prom will be repeated on Friday 13th August at 2pm.