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Beethoven’s Fifth

The Scottish Chamber Orchestra and conductor Maxim Emelyanychev with pianist Alexandre Kantorow, who performs Saint‐Saëns's ‘Egyptian’ Concerto.

The Scottish Chamber Orchestra and Maxim Emelyanychev perform Rameau, Capperauld and Beethoven's 5th Symphony, and are joined by Alexandre Kantorow for Saint‐Saëns's ‘Egyptian’ Concerto.

Presented by Ian Skelly, live from the Royal Albert Hall, London

Jean‐Philippe Rameau: Les Indes galantes – suite
Camille Saint‐Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 5 in F major, ‘Egyptian’

c. 7.30pm
Interval
The composer Jay Capperauld joins Ian Skelly live at the Royal Albert Hall to discuss the importance of death masks in 19th Century culture.

c.7.50pm
Jay Capperauld: Bruckner’s Skull
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C minor

The lure of the East runs through this Prom given by Maxim Emelyanychev and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra. French pianist and star of the Paris 2024 Olympics opening ceremony, Alexandre Kantorow is the soloist in Saint-Saëns’s ‘Egyptian’ Piano Concerto – a vivid musical travelogue, lively with chirping crickets and croaking frogs – while a selection from Rameau’s ballet Les Indes galantes offers sonic snapshots from Peru, Turkey, Persia and America. Fate knocks loudly at the door in Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony, answered with defiant musical optimism, but it’s Death who gets the final word in Jay Capperauld’s Bruckner’s Skull.

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2 hours, 45 minutes

Music Played

  • Jean‐Philippe Rameau

    Les Indes Galantes - Suite Of Orchestral Numbers

    Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Maxim Emelyanychev.
  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Concerto No. 5 In F Major Op.103 (Egyptian)

    Performer: Alexandre Kantorow. Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Maxim Emelyanychev.
  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Danse macabre

    Orchestra: Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse. Conductor: Michel Plasson.
    • WARNER.
  • Carlo Gesualdo

    O vos omnes

    Choir: The Marian Consort. Director: Rory McCleery.
    • DELPHIAN.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    String Quartet No.14 in C-sharp minor, Op.131: I. Adagio ma non troppo e molto espressivo

    Ensemble: Hagen Quartett.
    • Deutsche Gramophon.
  • Anton Bruckner

    Symphony No.4 in E-flat major: IV. Finale. Bewegt, doch nicht zu schnell

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Christian Thielemann.
    • SONY.
  • Jay Capperauld

    Bruckner's Skull

    Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Maxim Emelyanychev.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No. 5 In C Minor Op.67

    Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Maxim Emelyanychev.
  • Robert Schumann

    Märchenbilder, Op. 113: I. Nicht schnell

    Performer: Alena Baeva. Performer: Vadym Kholodenko.
    • Fantasy.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 1.
  • Robert Schumann

    Märchenbilder, Op. 113: II. Lebhaf

    Performer: Alena Baeva. Performer: Vadym Kholodenko.
    • Fantasy.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 2.
  • Robert Schumann

    Märchenbilder, Op. 113: III. Rasch

    Performer: Alena Baeva. Performer: Vadym Kholodenko.
    • Fantasy.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 3.
  • Robert Schumann

    Märchenbilder, Op. 113: IV. Langsam

    Performer: Alena Baeva. Performer: Vadym Kholodenko.
    • Fantasy.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 4.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    4 Pieces Op.32 (Waltz)

    Performer: Vadym Kholodenko.
    • Prokofiev: Sonata No. 6 & Visions fugitives.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 10.

Broadcast

  • Fri 25 Jul 2025 18:30

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