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Víkingur Ólafsson plays Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat

Alexandra Humphreys introduces an afternoon of specially made recordings, including highlights from summer festivals in Amsterdam, Utrecht and Edinburgh.

Alexandra Humphreys brings you an afternoon of exclusive music-making, including prestigious performances from the UK and abroad.

From Amsterdam’s Dutch Summer Concerts, pianist Víkingur Ólafsson joins the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and conductor Santtu-Matias Rouvali for Beethoven’s 'Emperor' Piano Concerto. The Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra, directed by violinist Michael Waterman, perform Brahms’s masterly First String Sextet, a work of great warmth, lyricism and youthful energy. And from the Utrecht Early Music Festival, Ensemble Correspondances, directed by Sébastien Daucé, offer more gems from the 18th Century and the French Baroque.

But we begin at the Edinburgh International Festival, with the Czech Pavel Haas Quartet performing Korngold - a richly lyrical quartet from a composer best known for his great Romantic film scores.

Edinburgh International Festival:
Eric Wolfgang Korngold
String Quartet No.2, Op. 26
Pavel Haas Quartet

Utrecht Early Music Festival:
Michel-Richard de Lalande
Dies irae
Ensemble Correspondances
Sébastien Daucé (conductor)

Dutch Summer Concerts, Amsterdam:
Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat, Op. 73 ('Emperor')
Víkingur Ólafsson (piano)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Santtu-Matias Rouvali (conductor)

Dutch Summer Concerts, Amsterdam:
Johannes Brahms
String Sextet No. 1 in B flat, Op. 18
Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra
Michael Waterman, violin (direction)

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Music Played

  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    String Quartet No.2 in E flat, Op.26

    Ensemble: Pavel Haas Quartet.

  • Michel‐Richard de Lalande

    Dies irae

    Ensemble: Ensemble Correspondances. Conductor: Sébastien Daucé.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat, op. 73 ('Emperor')

    Performer: Víkingur Ólafsson. Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Santtu‐Matias Rouvali.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    4 Pieces from Romeo And Juliet Suite for solo piano

    Performer: Michael McHale.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Contrapunctus 1-4, from 'The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080'

    Performer: Michael Waterman. Orchestra: Concertgebouw Kamerorkest.

  • Franz Liszt

    Orpheus S.98

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Giuseppe Sinopoli.
    • Liszt: Les Préludes; Orpheus; Mazeppa; Hungarian Rhapsody No.2.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 2.

  • Johannes Brahms

    String Sextet No. 1 in B flat, Op. 18

    Performer: Michael Waterman. Orchestra: Concertgebouw Kamerorkest.

  • William Grant Still

    Pastorela

    Performer: Zina Schiff. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Avlana Eisenberg.
    • Still: Orchestral Works.
    • Naxos.
    • 401.

Broadcast

  • Thu 17 Sep 202613:00
    BBC Radio 3