Synopsis

Tonight's concert of Russian music, broadcast live from the Royal Albert Hall, will feature stereo sound on both BBC2 and Radio 3 for the first half. The BBC Symphony Orchestra, led by concertmaster Bela Dekany and principal conductor Gennadi Rozhdestvensky, will perform Rimsky-Korsakov's vibrant Russian Easter Festival Overture. Victoria Postnikova will be the soloist in Rachmaninov's romantic Piano Concerto No. 1. The program also includes the British premiere of *Cantus to the Memory of