Total Immersion: Philip Glass at 80 - BBC Symphony Orchestra

Marin Alsop conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus at the Barbican in an all-Glass programme, including the UK premiere of his Concerto written for renowned piano duo Katia and Marielle Labèque.

Presented by Andrew McGregor

Philip Glass: Prelude from Akhnaten
Double Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra (UK Premiere)

20. 17 Interval

Proms Inspire -Glass project
A featurette with Fraser Trainer (director) and two members of the composer band: Kate and Andrew

20.25
Philip Glass: Facades (Glassworks No.5)
Guildhall New Music Ensemble
Richard Benjafield (conductor)

20.30
Philip Glass: Piano Etude No.6
Ben Smith (piano)

Concert Part 2

20.45
Philip Glass: Itaipu

Katia Labèque (piano)
Marielle Labèque (piano)
BBC Symphony Chorus
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Marin Alsop (conductor)

As a young violinist, Marin Alsop led the orchestra in the first recording of Glass's The Photographer and has long championed the influential Minimalist's music. She also conducts Itaipú, Glass's choral homage to the world's largest hydroelectric dam, and the prelude to the opera Ahknaten, about the Egyptian pharaoh.

Followed by music for brass band written by British composers as a prelude to Thursday's Radio 3 in Concert from the Royal Northern College of Music's Brass Band Festival, featuring the Cory Band.