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Berlin Philharmonic Plays Elgar and Tchaikovsky

麻豆社 Proms 2026

Live at the 麻豆社 Proms: Kirill Petrenko conducts the Berlin Philharmonic in Elgar's Enigma Variations and Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 4.

Live at the 麻豆社 Proms: Kirill Petrenko conducts the Berlin Philharmonic in Elgar's Enigma Variations and Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 4.

Presented by Kate Molleson, live from the Royal Albert Hall, London.

Edward Elgar: 鈥楨nigma鈥� Variations

c.7.10pm
Interval: Neil MacGregor has been Director of the National Gallery and the British Museum, and he was founding director of the Humboldt Forum in Berlin until 2018. He talks to Kate Molleson about the arts in Berlin and seeing the Berlin Philharmoniker perform.

c.7.30pm
Pyotr Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 in F minor

Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Kirill Petrenko (conductor)

鈥楢n artist lives a double life,鈥� Tchaikovsky wrote. The Berlin Philharmonic and Chief Conductor Kirill Petrenko return to the Proms with a concert of concealed identities and confessions, musical secrets and hidden selves, explored in two Romantic orchestral classics. The secret theme concealed within Elgar鈥檚 鈥楨nigma鈥� Variations remains elusive, but the heart-on-sleeve appeal of the composer鈥檚 wistful, warmly personal musical sketches of his friends is anything but. The personal conflicts that lie beneath the tumultuous surface of Tchaikovsky鈥檚 Symphony No. 4 are darker: Fate assails the listener before the music casts off its grip in a defiantly joyous finale.

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Wed 2 Sep 2026 18:30
麻豆社 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Edward Elgar

    Variations On An Original Theme ('Enigma') Op.36

    Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic. Conductor: Kirill Petrenko.

  • Edward Elgar

    Variations On An Original Theme ('Enigma') Op.36

    Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic. Conductor: Kirill Petrenko.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven, Symphony No 5 in C minor, Op 67 (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.
    • DG.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Rachmaninov, 3 Symphonic dances Op.45 for orchestra: no.1

    Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Rachmaninov: The Bells, Symphonic Dances.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 005.

  • Pyotr Tchaikovsky

    Symphony No. 4 In F Minor Op.36

    Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic. Conductor: Kirill Petrenko.

  • Pyotr Tchaikovsky

    Symphony No. 4 In F Minor Op.36

    Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic. Conductor: Kirill Petrenko.

  • Franz Schubert

    Octet in F major, D803: IV. Andante

    Ensemble: Philharmonic Ensemble Berlin.
    • indesens.

Broadcast

  • Wed 2 Sep 2026 18:30
    麻豆社 Radio 3