Synopsis

Angela Rippon introduces Peter Maxwell Davies' *St Thomas Wake*, a foxtrot for orchestra. She discusses this engaging and unconventional work, which brings together a jazz band with a symphony orchestra, transforming an Elizabethan Pavane through the vibrant sounds of 1920s dance music. The programme opens with Alfred Brendel as soloist in a work equally distinguished by its departure from tradition: Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 4 in G. The BBC Symphony Orchestra is led by conductor Sir Cha