Alfred Brendel plays Beethoven's 5th Piano Concerto
Alfred Brendel plays Beethoven鈥檚 5th Piano Concerto in an exclusive archive recording plus prize winners from the Leeds International Piano Competition in recent London recitals.
Mark Forrest concludes his week of specially recorded music and performances from across the globe and his week long focus on pianists past and present. Today we hear a treasured archive recording of Alfred Brendel playing Beethoven鈥檚 Emperor Piano Concerto with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra in Munich. Plus, we have piano music from one of the prize winners from the 2024 Leeds International Piano Competition: the Vietnamese pianist Khanh Nhi Luong, performs Henri Dutilleux's Piano Sonata in a concert recorded last month at London鈥檚 Wigmore Hall. Plus there's orchestral music from Vaughan-Williams and Robert Schumann.
Robert Schumann: Overture, Scherzo and Finale in E major, Op. 52
Ulster Orchestra
Killian Farrell (conductor)
Georg Phillip Telemann: Concerto No.1 in G major, TWV.43:G1 (Paris Quartet)
Ensemble Augelletti (New Generation Baroque Ensemble 2023-2025)
Sergei Rachmaninov: Trio 茅l茅giaque No. 1 in G minor
Esther Hoppe (violin)
Christian Poltera (cello)
Hiroko Sakagami (piano)
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Norfolk Rhapsody No. 1 in E minor
麻豆社 Philharmonic
Martyn Brabbins (conductor)
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 in Eb major ('Emperor'), Op. 58
Alfred Brendel (piano)
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Sir Colin Davis (conductor)
George Frederick Handel: Air with 5 Variations "The Harmonious Blacksmith" [Suite No. 5 in E major, HWV. 430]
Laurence Cummings (harpsichord)
Maurice Ravel: Tzigane (version for violin & orchestra)
Simone Lamsma (violin)
麻豆社 Philharmonic Orchestra
John Storgards (conductor)
Henri Dutilleux: Piano Sonata
Khanh Nhi Luong (piano)
Richard Strauss: Variations on a Bavarian Folksong
Festival Strings Lucerne
Carl Maria von Weber: Overture - The Ruler of the Spirits, Op. 27
麻豆社 Philharmonic
Martyn Brabbins (conductor)
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Robert Schumann
Overture, Scherzo and Finale in E major, Op. 52
Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Cillian Farrell. -
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Georg Philipp Telemann
Concerto No.1 in G major, TWV.43:G1
Ensemble: Ensemble Augelletti. -
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Sergey Rachmaninov
Trio 茅l茅giaque No.1 in G minor
Performer: Christian Polt茅ra. Performer: Hiroko Sakagami. Performer: Esther Hoppe. -
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
Norfolk Rhapsody No 1
Orchestra: 麻豆社 Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins. -
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat, Op. 73 ('Emperor')
Performer: Alfred Brendel. Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Colin Davis. -
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George Frideric Handel
Air with 5 Variations "The Harmonious Blacksmith" [Suite No.5 in E major, HWV.430]
Performer: Laurence Cummings. -
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Maurice Ravel
Tzigane
Performer: Simone Lamsma. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Storg氓rds. -
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Henri Dutilleux
Piano Sonata
Performer: Khanh Nhi Luong. -
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Khanh Nhi Luong
Drums [Bunches of Flowers]
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Richard Strauss
Variations on a Bavarian folksong, TrV 109
Performer: Daniel Dodds. Performer: Dominik Fischer. Performer: Alexander Kionke. Performer: Claire Huangci. Ensemble: Lucerne Festival Strings. -
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Trio Sonata in G major, BWV.1039
Ensemble: Ensemble Augelletti. -
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E虅riks Es虒envalds
Stars
Choir: Sjaella.- Origins.
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Carl Maria von Weber
Ruler of the spirits
Orchestra: 麻豆社 Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
Broadcast
- Fri 9 Jan 2026 13:00麻豆社 Radio 3