Beethoven's Piano Concerto no 2 from the BBC Proms

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
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
Martha Argerich (piano)
Munich Philharmonic
Lahav Shani (conductor)

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