BBC Symphony Orchestra at 90

As the BBC Symphony Orchestra turns 90, Penny Gore introduces a whole week of celebrations, including today performances featuring some of the orchestra's chief conductors, among them Andrew Davis, who conducts Mark-Anthony Turnage's Momentum, Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No. 4, with soloist Jean-Yves Thibaudet, followed by a BBC commission: Anthony Payne's completion, from the composer's sketches, of Elgar's 3rd Symphony. Closing the afternoon another chief conductor, Leonard Slatkin, with the ballet score of Billy the Kid by Aaron Copland. And before that, there's Lutosławski's Cello Concerto, with Paul Watkins as soloist and Edward Gardner conducting.

2.00pm
Mark-Anthony Turnage: Momentum
Sergey Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto no. 4 in G minor, Op.40
Elgar: Symphony no. 3 in C minor, compl. Anthony Payne [from Elgar's sketches]
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sir Andrew Davis, conductor

3.40pm
Witold Lutosławski: Cello Concerto
Paul Watkins, cello
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Edward Gardner, conductor

4.05pm
Copland: Billy the Kid (ballet)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor