John Rowe reads Evening by Boris Pasternak - a prose poem about a young poet found among other unfinished jottings long after the writer's death in 1960. Show more
The Prom continues with Thomas Ades conducting his own recent composition. Ades: Tevot. City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra/Ades. Show more
A short story by Jane Feaver, exploring the disintegration of a family seen through the eyes of a teenage girl. She recalls a picnic where a dare almost leads to disaster. Show more
The Prom concludes with Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No 1 and Borodin's Polovtsian Dances. Louis Lortie (piano), City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra/Thomas Ades. Show more
Jonathan Swain introduces music, including Saint Saens, Mendelssohn, Schubert, Bizet, Sanz, Respighi, Tubin, Borodin, Mozart, Vivaldi, Boccherini, Spohr, Prokofiev, Suk and Bach. Show more
