Barbican Concerts 2003/4

Episodes - Barbican Concerts 2003/4

• John Cage Live at the Barbican Tommy Pearson presents tonight's concert from this year's annual Composer's Weekend series, celebrating the life of John Cage. Performed by the BBC Symphony Orchestra, it features compositions from American giants and includes Schuman's New England Triptych, Cowell's Concerto for Piano and Orchestra and Copland's El Salon Mexico, with the finale provided by Cage himself - his remarkable silent piece 4'33' Tacet for Large Orchestra
• National Youth Orchestra at the Barbican New series. Sibelius's Symphony No 5 and Tchaikovsky's Manfred Symphony performed by the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain under their principal guest conductor Yan Pascal Tortelier. Deborah Bull presents
• Sibelius at the Barbican Five Orchestral Pieces by Schoenberg, Sibelius's Symphony No 4 and his miniature masterpiece Hostkvall performed by the BBC Symphony Orchestra under principal guest conductor Jukka-Pekka Saraste. With soloist soprano Karita Mattila, who also sings Strauss's Four Last Songs