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Beethoven's Piano Concerto no 2 from the BBC Proms

Elizabeth Alker introduces highlights from the Proms including music by Beethoven. Plus Ernö Dohnányi Sextet in C from the Feldafing Music Festival.

Elizabeth Alker introduces a week of highlights from the BBC Proms, featuring some of the festival's standout performances. The legendary Martha Argerich performs Beethoven's second piano concerto with the Munich Philharmonic under Lahav Shani.

More from German summer festivals, this time the Feldafing Festival on the shores of the Bavarian Starnberg lake.

Feldafing Music Festival:
Ernö Dohnányi
Sextet in C major, Op. 37
Matthias Schorn (clarinet)
Marina Viotti (horn)
Franziska Hölscher (violin)
Tanguy Parisot (viola)
Jérémy Garbarg (cello)
Kit Armstrong (piano)

BBC Proms:
Robert Schumann
Genoveva Overture
Freiburg Baroque Orchestra
Sir Simon Rattle (conductor)

BBC Proms:
Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 2 in Bb major, Op. 19
Martha Argerich (piano)
Munich Philharmonic
Lahav Shani (conductor)

BBC Proms:
Vítězslava Kaprálová
Suita rustica
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Jakub Hrůša (conductor)

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Wed 9 Sep 202613:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Robert Schumann

    Genoveva Overture

    Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.

  • Erno Dohnanyi

    Sextet in C, Op 37

    Performer: Matthias Schorn. Performer: Marina Viotti. Performer: Franziska Hölscher. Performer: Tanguy Parisot. Performer: Jérémy Garbarg. Performer: Kit Armstrong.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Der Herr denket an uns (Wedding Cantata), BWV 196

    Choir: Vox Luminis. Ensemble: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Lionel Meunier.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Concerto No 2 in B flat major

    Performer: Martha Argerich. Orchestra: Munich Philharmonic. Conductor: Lahav Shani.

  • Edgard Varèse

    Density 21.5

    Performer: Matthew Higham.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Sonata in A Major HWV.361, Op.1 No.3

    Performer: Geneva Lewis. Performer: Sam Armstrong.

  • Vítězslava Kaprálová

    Suita Rustica

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jakub Hrůša.

Broadcast

  • Wed 9 Sep 202613:00
    BBC Radio 3