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Mahler's Symphony No.1 and Beethoven's Piano Concerto No.3

The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ 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 No 1.

The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ 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)
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo (conductor)

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

And that’s just the first half. Then we’re off to the sunlit meadows and storm-swept vistas of Gustav Mahler’s 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.

2 hours, 14 minutes

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Mon 7 Jul 2025 19:30
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Overture to Egmont Op.84

    Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Concerto No.3 in C Minor Op.37

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough. Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.

  • Robert Schumann

    Phantasiestucke Op.12 - No.3 Warum?

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.

  • Anton Bruckner

    Christus Factus Est

    Choir: Polyphony. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • Hyperion.

  • Anton Bruckner

    Os justi meditabitur

    Choir: Polyphony. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • Hyperion.

  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony No.1

    Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.

  • Clara Schumann

    Romance in B flat major, Op.22 no.3

    Performer: Lisa Batiashvili. Performer: Alice Sara Ott.
    • Lisa Batiashvili plays Brahms & C. Schumann.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 6.

Broadcast

  • Mon 7 Jul 2025 19:30
    ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 3