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Beethoven鈥檚 2nd Piano Concerto

Compelling exclusive concert performances including Martha Argerich performing Beethoven's 2nd Piano Concerto and Marc-Andre Hamelin playing transcriptions of Wagner.

Compelling exclusive concert performances including Martha Argerich performing Beethoven's 2nd Piano Concerto and Marc-Andre Hamelin playing transcriptions of Wagner. Introduced by Linton Stephens.

Throughout the week we鈥檙e hearing from concerts given by British orchestras on tour in Europe. Today we hear the 麻豆社 Philharmonic Orchestra performing music from Roberto Gerhard's ballet Don Quixote at a concert given in Las Palmas on Gran Canaria.

We continue our showcase of piano transcriptions, with Marc-Andr茅 Hamelin performing another of Liszt鈥檚 arrangements of Wagner 鈥 his aria O du mein holder Abendstern from Tannhauser 鈥 as well as a solo piano account of Beethoven鈥檚 song cycle An die ferne Geliebte. And there's more pianistic Beethoven from the legendary Martha Argerich, who joins the Lausanne Chamber Orchestra for the Second Piano Concerto with conductor Renaud Capu莽on.

Plus we shine our Artist Spotlight on current Radio 3 New Generation Artists the Chaos String Quartet. Today we hear them champion a lesser-known quartet by the early 20th-century Dutch composer Henri毛tte Bosmans.

1pm
Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 19
Martha Argerich (piano)
Lausanne Chamber Orchestra
Renaud Capu莽on (conductor)

Georg Phillipp Telemann
Affettuoso and Presto (Sonata TWV 41:d4)
Forma Antiqva

Henri毛tte Bosmans
String Quartet
Chaos String Quartet

Ludwig van Beethoven arr. Franz Liszt
An die ferne Geliebte, S. 469
Marc-Andr茅 Hamelin (piano)

Richard Wagner arr. Franz Liszt
O du mein holder Abendstern (Tannhauser), S. 444
Marc-Andr茅 Hamelin (piano)

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1 hour, 57 minutes

Last on

Wed 24 Sep 2025 13:00

Music Played

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat, Op. 19

    Performer: Martha Argerich. Orchestra: Lausanne Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Renaud Capu莽on.
  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Petit Buerres (Movements from Sonatas and Trios)

    Ensemble: Forma Antiqva.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    Concerto for chamber orchestra in E flat major, 'Dumbarton Oaks'

    Orchestra: WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne. Conductor: Anja Bihlmaier.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    An die ferne Geliebte, S.469

    Performer: Marc鈥怉ndr茅 Hamelin.
  • Henri毛tte Bosmans

    String Quartet

    Ensemble: Chaos String Quartet.
  • Roberto Gerhard

    Don Quixote (Dances)

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Juanjo Mena.
  • William Byrd

    Fantasia a 4

    Ensemble: Brisk Recorder Quartet Amsterdam.
    • Music of the Spheres, English Consort Songs and Instrumental Music, 16th Century.
    • Globe.
    • 2.
  • Richard Wagner

    O du mein holder Abendstern (Tannh盲user), S. 444

    Performer: Marc鈥怉ndr茅 Hamelin.

Broadcast

  • Wed 24 Sep 2025 13:00