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Afternoon on 3 - Prom 55/Adams, Mozart, Strauss

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Presented by Louise Fryer. BBC Proms 2009. The BBC SSO under chief conductor designate Donald Runnicles performs Richard Strauss' gargantuan orchestral canvas inspired by family life in the Strauss household. BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist Shai Wosner joins the orchestra in Mozart's stormy D minor concerto, and the Prom opens with John Adams' witty tribute to the Russian polymath, Nicolas Slonimsky. Shai Wosner (piano) BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Donald Runnicles (conductor) John Adams: Slonimsky's Earbox Mozart: Piano Concerto No 20 in D minor, K466 Strauss: Symphonia domestica 4.30pm Purcell and his forebears. Byrd: Infelix ego Stile Antico.