Performance on 3 - Teresa Carreño Orchestra of Venezuela

Presented by John Shea. The debut UK appearance of the Teresa Carreño Youth Orchestra of Venezuela, a product of the country's famous music programme, El Sistema. Their programme contrasts two Fifth Symphonies - Beethoven's revolutionary masterpiece and Prokofiev's heroic work written against the backdrop of the Second World War. Each stands as a defining work of their respective centuries, and remain among the composers' most popular works. Beethoven: Symphony No 5 Prokofiev: Symphony No 5 Teresa Carreño Youth Orchestra of Venezuela, conductor Christian Vásquez Followed by a BBC archive recording from early in the career of Stephen Kovacevich, whose 70th birthday concert is featured in tomorrow's programme. Beethoven: Sonata in D minor (Op.31/2) "Tempest" Stephen Bishop (piano) (recorded in 1969).