About this programme

The opening concert from this year's English Music Festival, live from Dorchester Abbey. The BBC Concert Orchestra are joined by pianist Mark Bebbington in John Ireland's Legend and the first performance of an early work by Vaughan Williams, his Piano Fantasia. The concert ends with another première: conductor Martin Yates's completion of Moeran's Second Symphony. Presented by Catherine Bott. Parry: Jerusalem. Curtis: Festival Overture. Ireland: Legend. 8.20 Twenty Minutes: Discovering Music - Moeran's Symphony No 2. Stephen Johnson in conversation with Martin Yates explores Moeran's Second Symphony. Vaughan Williams: Piano Fantasia (world premiere). Moeran compl Yates: Symphony No 2 (world première). Mark Bebbington (piano), BBC Concert Orchestra, conductor Martin Yates.