Performance on 3 - Hoyland, Strauss - Wed, 28 Jan 2009 - Part 1

Presented by Petroc Trelawny. American conductor Andrew Litton returns to London to direct the BBC Symphony Orchestra in a performance from the Barbican. Soprano Soile Isokowski sings a selection of Strauss songs with orchestral accompaniment, following the premiere of a BBC commission, Phoenix, by Yorkshire-born composer Vic Hoyland. Soile Isokowski (soprano) BBC Symphony Orchestra Andrew Litton (conductor) Vic Hoyland: Phoenix (BBC commission: world premiere) Strauss: Hymne an die Liebe; Das Rosenband; Die heiligen drei Konige; Morgen; Cacilie.