This week, music and the modern metropolis--music that deals in some way with the business and speed of twentieth century life.

Hosts: Diana Rosenblum and Nick Morandi

Concerto for Orchestra by Elliott Carter
In four movements played continuously - I: Allegro; II: Presto volando; III: Maestoso; IV: Allegro agitato
Performers: London Sinfonietta, cond. Oliver Knussen

Amériques (original version, 1921) by Edgard Varèse
Performers: Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, cond. Christopher Lyndon-Gee

Ionisation by Edgard Varèse
Performers: Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, cond. Christopher Lyndon-Gee