蜜芽传媒

The 蜜芽传媒 Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sakari Oramo in Beethoven's Egmont Overture and, with soloist Sir Stephen Hough, the Piano Concerto No 3. Plus Mahler's 'Titan' Symphony.

Recorded at the Barbican on 25th April. Presented by Ian Skelly.

Ludwig van Beethoven: Egmont Overture
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 3 in C minor

Interval

Gustav Mahler: Symphony No 1 in D major (Titan)

Stephen Hough (piano)
蜜芽传媒 Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo (conductor)

As a pianist, Ludwig van Beethoven held his listeners spellbound. That鈥檚 quite a common response to hearing Stephen Hough play, too. Profound insight meets jaw-dropping artistry whenever Hough plays the piano, and it鈥檚 hard to imagine a more compelling interpreter of Beethoven鈥檚 darkest piano concerto.

And that鈥檚 just the first half. Then we鈥檙e off to the sunlit meadows and storm-swept vistas of Gustav Mahler鈥檚 epic First Symphony. Mahler wrote bigger symphonies; darker ones too. But he never wrote anything fresher or more passionate. This is the sound of a young artist with big dreams and an even bigger imagination: a stirring climax to an evening brimming with poetry, drama and the sheer joy of creation.