Performance on 3 - 26/11/2008

Martin Handley introduces a performance given at London's Southbank Centre, with one of the great Mozart interpreters, Mitsuko Uchida, directing the Chamber Orchestra of Europe from the piano. With two of the three Mozart piano concertos which were written between December 1785 and March 1786, distinctive for being the only ones to feature the clarinet in the orchestration. Chamber Orchestra of Europe Mitsuko Uchida (piano/director) Alexander Janiczek (director) Stravinsky: Apollon Musagete Mozart: Piano Concerto No 23 in A, K488 Mozart: Piano Concerto No 24 in C minor, K491 Plus Composing Today: nominations from the British Composer Awards in the Brass and Wind catagories: Adrenaline City – Adam Gorb (commissioned by a consortium of US Air Force bands) RNCM Wind Orchestra Clark Rundell (conductor) A Forest Symphony – Gavin Higgins (commissioned by Lydbrook Silver for Forest Festival, Exciting Minds 2007) RCNM Brass Band Clark Rundell (conductor) The Spiralling Night – Joseph Phibbs Mvt 3 – Very Still National Youth Wind Ensemble of GB Phillip Scott (conductor)