The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Steven Isserlis perform Elgar’s melancholic Cello Concerto and Thomas Dausgaard conducts Rachmaninov’s glittering Symphonic Dances.

First broadcast live from the Royal Festival Hall, London, in April 2018.

Presented by Martin Handley.

Britten: 4Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes
Elgar: Cello Concerto

8.15pm: Interval Music: Vladimir Ashkenazy, a former Principal Conductor of the RPO, plays Rachmaninov’s piano Variations on a Theme of Corelli Op. 42.

Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances

Steven Isserlis, cello
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Thomas Dausgaard conductor