Bartok's Concerto for Orchestra

Take a time-trip with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and conductor Kazuki Yamada as three composers transplant music from the past into new, radical environments.

In Hindemith’s Metamorphosis, the nineteenth century sounds of Weber are hurled, kicking and sometimes howling, into the modern era. Rachmaninov riffs on a beautiful melody from the 1800s, examining it from 24 angles, with renowned Argentine pianist Nelson Goerner as the soloist. Bartók’s exhilarating Concerto for Orchestra honours the folk music of his native Hungary while giving the spotlight to almost every instrument of the modern orchestra.

Paul Hindemith
Symphonic Metamorphosis of themes by Carl Maria von Weber

Sergei Rachmaninov
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini

Interval

Béla Bartók
Concerto for Orchestra

Nelson Goerner (piano)
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Kazuki Yamada (conductor)

Broadcast live from Symphony Hall in Birmingham and presented by Linton Stephens.

To listen on most smart speakers, just say "ask BBC Sounds to play Radio 3 in Concert".