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The winds of the Royal Northern Sinfonia mark Nielsen’s 150th anniversary with his Wind Quintet before pianist Christian Blackshaw s them for Mozart’s elegant Quintet for piano and winds.
Composer Steven Price, who won an Oscar for 'Gravity', discusses the ways in which Holst's Planets Suite is still inspiring film composers to make an 'other-worldly' sound. New Generation Thinker Sarah Dillon presents.
Susanna Mälkki conducts Holst’s masterpiece in a programme which also includes the UK premiere of a new violin concerto by Luca sconi, written for and performed by Leila Josefowicz. Selected pieces broadcast on BBC Four on Friday 31 July.