ѿý

Close menu

Use ѿý.com or the new ѿý App to listen to ѿý podcasts, Radio 4 and the World Service outside the UK.

Episode details

Radio 3,29 Sep 2025,134 mins

Víkingur Ólafsson plays Beethoven

Radio 3 in Concert

Expires on Wednesday 8:45pm

In the Philharmonia Orchestra’s 80th birthday season, principal conductor Santtu-Matias Rouvali takes the helm for the UK debut of a new work by the Philharmonia's featured composer, Gabriela Ortiz: music that is infused with the flavour of her Mexican homeland. Renowned for his interpretations of music ranging from Bach to Glass, the pianist Víkingur Ólafsson is the soloist in Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 3. Plus, Olivier Latry showcases the organ of the Royal Festival Hall in Saint-Saëns’s magnificent Organ Symphony. Presented by Ian Skelly. Recorded at the Royal Festival Hall, London, on 25th September Gabriela Ortiz: Si el oxígeno fuera verde (UK premiere) Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor -Interval- Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 in C minor (organ) Víkingur Ólafsson (piano) Olivier Latry (organ) Philharmonia Orchestra Santtu-Matias Rouvali (conductor) To listen on most smart speakers just say "ask ѿý Sounds to play Radio 3 in Concert".

Programme Website
More episodes

Tracklist

  1. Track
    Artist
  2. 1.
    Si el oxígeno fuera verde (If oxygen were green)
    Si el oxígeno fuera verde (If oxygen were green)
    Gabriela Ortiz
  3. 2.
    Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37
    Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37
    Ludwig van Beethoven
  4. 3.
    French Suite No. 6 in E major, BWV817: IV. Gavotte
    French Suite No. 6 in E major, BWV817: IV. Gavotte
    Johann Sebastian Bach