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Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven

Live ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Proms: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Philharmonic and Ben Gernon perform groundbreaking symphonies by Beethoven and Haydn. Elisabeth Brauss joins them for Mozart's Piano Concerto No 23 in A, K488.

Live at the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Proms: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Philharmonic and Ben Gernon with groundbreaking symphonic masterpieces by Beethoven and Haydn. Elisabeth Brauss joins them for Mozart's intimate Piano Concerto No 23 in A (K 488).

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London

Presented by Tom McKinney

Haydn: Symphony No 103 (Drumroll)
Mozart: Piano Concerto No 23 in A (K 488)

8.30

Interval: Laura Tunbridge, author of 'Beethoven: A Life in Nine Pieces', looks forward to Beethoven's Symphony No. 4 with Tom McKinney in a discussion about aspects of Beethoven revealed by his writings and by exploring a fundamental but often neglected facet of his music: its wit and playfulness.

Beethoven: Symphony No. 4

ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Philharmonic
Elisabeth Brauss (piano)
Ben Gernon (conductor)

Drum roll please! The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Philharmonic returns to the Royal Albert Hall for the first time since August 2019 opening their concert of Classical masterpieces with Haydn's exuberant and life-affirming Symphony No 103, a work alert to the taste of Londoners in the 1790s and the 2020s. ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ New Generation Artist Elisabeth Brauss joins them for Mozart's intimate Piano Concerto No 23 (K 488) with its sunny outer movements enclosing a heartbreaking, melancholy adagio. Their concert ends with Beethoven's Fourth Symphony, a work that immediately opens a new chapter in symphonic writing with its dark, searching introduction giving way to an effervescent volcano of energy. Ben Gernon conducts.

2 hours, 29 minutes

Music Played

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No.103 in E flat major, 'Drumroll'

    Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Ben Gernon.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major

    Performer: Elisabeth Brauss. Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Ben Gernon.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No. 4 in B flat major

    Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Ben Gernon.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Finale - Violin Sonata No.4 in A minor, Op.23

    Performer: Sayaka Shoji. Performer: Gianluca Cascioli.
  • Alexander Borodin

    Polovtsian Dances (Prince Igor)

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Choir: The London Chorus. Conductor: Michael Reed.
    • Classical Spectacular 1: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Reed.
    • RPO.
    • 7.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Slavonic Dance in B flat minor Op.72 no.13

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Antal Doráti.
    • Dvorak: Slavonic Dances etc.: RPO/Detroit SO/Dorati.
    • Decca.
    • 5.

Broadcast

  • Tue 3 Aug 2021 19:30

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