Performance on 3 - 29/11/2007

Martin Handley presents a concert by the BBC Philharmonic conducted by Thomas Dausgaard, whose programme includes an early orchestral work by Messiaen as well as a symphony by Carl Nielsen that ranks among the greatest of the 20th century. Russian pianist Alexander Melnikov is the soloist in one of Prokofiev's early triumphs, a dazzling concerto written when he was still in his early twenties. Messiaen: Hymne au Saint-Sacrement Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No 2 Nielsen: Symphony No 5.