Beethoven Concertos [Afternoon Concert]

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20110314

Over the next two weeks in Afternoon on 3 you can hear the BBC's orchestras playing all of Beethoven's concertos and symphonies. They start this week with the eight concertos: one for violin and five for piano, plus the 'triple concerto' for violin, cello, piano and orchestra; and the amazing Choral Fantasy for piano, chorus and orchestra - a performance from the opening concert of the new BBC Hoddinott Hall in Cardiff a couple of years ago. The presenter is Penny Gore.

Our Thursday Opera Matinee is the third of Puccini's operatic triptych, Gianni Schicchi - you may have heard the first two in this San Francisco Opera production last week.

Thursday's programme also features a live concert by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, as well as the last of Beethoven's five piano concertos.

Then as a grand finale to the week, Louise Fryer presents a feast of musical humour - in Afternoon on 3's Red Nose Special, part of Radio 3's contribution to Red Nose Day.

There'll be a backbone (or should that be funny bone?) of pieces that tickle the fancy of Afternoon on 3 listeners - from musical jokes by Mozart and Haydn through Gilbert and Sullivan to Anna Russell, Flanders and Swann and Tom Lehrer.

Comedians will join Louise to pick their own classical favourites too - including Lenny Henry presenting his own recording of Prokofiev's 'Peter and the Wolf', and a mystery guest live in the studio.

The BBC's performing groups also have a funny turn: don't miss the BBC Symphony Orchestra tackling a few easy pieces - backwards - and jazz from the Welsh NOT NOW band, who fiddle with Sibelius in Bangor.

And at 4 o'clock it's over to the BBC's Maida Vale studios for the culmination of Radio 3's Red Nose Conducting Competition, as the lucky winner conducts the BBC Singers, live, in Handel's Hallelujah Chorus.

Verdi: Prelude to Act 3 of La Traviata

BBC Philharmonic

Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)

Beethoven: Piano Concerto no. 2 in B flat major

Sunwook Kim (piano)

2.30pm

Mozart: Overture to Cosi Fan Tutte

Wagner: Siegfried-Idyll

2.55pm

Beethoven: Choral Fantasy

Llyr Williams (piano)

BBC National Orchestra of Wales

Thierry Fischer (conductor)

Sibelius: Scene with Cranes, from Kuolema

Leif Segerstam (conductor)

3.25pm

Beethoven: Piano Concerto no. 1 in C major

Ingrid Fliter (piano)

Benjamin Ellin (conductor)

4pm

Sibelius: Symphony no. 2 in D major

Andris Nelsons (conductor).

Penny Gore presents Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos 2 and 1, plus Mozart, Wagner, Sibelius.

20150112

Penny Gore this week explores the complete concertos of Beethoven in recent performances recorded in Europe and the USA. Today there are two piano concertos, starting with the first he wrote, even though it was the second to be published. Also today, the veteran conductor Herbert Blomstedt conducts a rare performance of a symphony by the Swede, Wilhelm Stenhammar; his distinctly Nordic Second Symphony.

Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat, op. 19

Nelson Goerner (period piano)

Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century, Kenneth Montgomery (conductor)

c. 2.30pm

Schoenberg Friede auf Erden (version of 1911 for choir and orchestra)

Norwegian Soloists Chorus

Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Grete Pedersen (director)

c.2.40pm

Beethoven Piano Concerto no 1, op. 15

Leif Ove Andsnes (piano and director), Mahler Chamber Orchestra

3.15pm

Stenhammar Symphony No. 2 in G minor, op. 34

Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Herbert Blomstedt (conductor)

4.00pm

Beethoven Fantasia for Piano, Chorus and Orchestra in C minor, op. 80

Norwegian Soloists Chorus, Mahler Chamber Orchestra.

Penny Gore presents music by Beethoven, Schoenberg and Stenhammar.

20110315

Over the next two weeks in Afternoon on 3 you can hear the BBC's orchestras playing all of Beethoven's concertos and symphonies. They start this week with the eight concertos: one for violin and five for piano, plus the Choral Fantasy for piano, chorus and orchestra and (today) the 'triple concerto' for violin, cello, piano and orchestra. The presenter is Penny Gore.

Our Thursday Opera Matinee is the third of Puccini's operatic triptych, Gianni Schicchi - you may have heard the first two in this San Francisco Opera production last week.

Thursday's programme also features a live concert by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, as well as the last of Beethoven's five piano concertos.

Then as a grand finale to the week, Louise Fryer presents a feast of musical humour - in Afternoon on 3's Red Nose Special, part of Radio 3's contribution to Red Nose Day.

Comedians will join Louise to pick their own classical favourites too - including Lenny Henry presenting his own recording of Prokofiev's 'Peter and the Wolf', and a mystery guest live in the studio.

Smetana: Overture to The Secret

BBC Philharmonic

Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)

Beethoven: Piano Concerto no. 3 in C minor

Martin Roscoe (piano)

3pm

Jonathan Harvey: ...towards a pure land

Martyn Brabbins (conductor)

3.15pm

Beethoven : Triple Concerto

Israel Piano Trio

4pm

Stravinsky: The Firebird (complete ballet)

Martyn Brabbins (conductor).

Penny Gore presents music by Smetana, Beethoven, Jonathan Harvey and Stravinsky.

Beethoven Concertos

20150113

Penny Gore continues her exploration of the complete concertos of Beethoven. Today there's a chance to catch a performance of Beethoven's joyous Triple Concerto which took place in Paris last Friday night. Also today, a symphony by the Bavarian master, Karl Amadeus Hartmann, and the haunting Metamorphosen by his contemporary, Richard Strauss.

Beethoven Overture to Leonora no 3, op 72b

Berlin RSO, Marek Jarowski (conductor)

Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, op. 37

Paul Lewis (piano),

c.2.55pm

Karl Amadeus Hartmann Symphony no 6

3.20pm

Richard Strauss Metamorphosen, study for 23 solo strings, AV 142

Swedish RSO, Daniel Harding (conductor)

c. 3.50pm

Beethoven Triple Concerto for Piano, Violin and Cello in C, op. 56

Lars Vogt (piano), Christian Tetzlaff (violin), Tanja Tetzlaff (cello)

Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra, Daniel Harding (conductor).

Penny Gore presents music by Beethoven, Hartmann and Strauss.

20110316

Over the next two weeks in Afternoon on 3 you can hear the BBC's orchestras playing all of Beethoven's concertos and symphonies. They start this week with the eight concertos: one for violin and five for piano, plus the Choral Fantasy for piano, chorus and orchestra and the 'triple concerto' for violin, cello, piano and orchestra. The presenter is Penny Gore.

Our Thursday Opera Matinee is the third of Puccini's operatic triptych, Gianni Schicchi - you may have heard the first two in this San Francisco Opera production last week.

Thursday's programme also features a live concert by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, as well as the last of Beethoven's five piano concertos.

Then as a grand finale to the week, Louise Fryer presents a feast of musical humour - in Afternoon on 3's Red Nose Special, part of Radio 3's contribution to Red Nose Day.

Comedians will join Louise to pick their own classical favourites too - including Lenny Henry presenting his own recording of Prokofiev's 'Peter and the Wolf', and a mystery guest live in the studio.

Mozart : Overture to Idomeneo

BBC National Orchestra of Wales

James Judd (conductor)

Beethoven: Piano Concerto no. 4 in G major

Shai Wosner (piano)

Smetana: Polka, Furiant and Skocna, from The Bartered Bride

BBC Philharmonic

Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)

3.10pm

Beethoven : Violin Concerto in D major

Ilya Gringolts (violin)

Christoph Konig (conductor).

Penny Gore presents Mozart's Idomeneo Overture and Beethoven's Violin Concerto in D.

20150114

Penny Gore continues her exploration of the complete concertos of Beethoven.

Busoni Tanzwaltzer

Finnish RSO, Susanna M䀀lkki (conductor)

c.2.10pm

Mahler Adagio from Symphony no 10

Luxembourg PO, Susanna M䀀lkki (conductor)

c. 2.40pm

Beethoven Violin Concerto in D, op. 61

Christian Tetzlaff (violin),

Swedish RSO, Daniel Harding (conductor).

Penny Gore presents music by Busoni, Mahler and Beethoven.

20150116

Penny Gore concludes her exploration of all Beethoven's concertos with his piano adaptation of his Violin Concerto and his final, magnificent 'Emperor' Concerto. Also today, a rare chance to hear Kurt Weill's Second Symphony, written just a few months before he left Europe for a new life in Hollywood.

Beethoven Violin Concerto in D major arr. for Piano by the composer, op 61a

Arthur Schoonderwoerd (conductor and fortepiano), Cristofori Ensemble

Kurt Weill Symphony no 2 (1934)

Mozarteum Orchestra, Salzburg, Mark Minkowski (conductor)

3pm

Mozart Symphony no 33 in B flat, K. 319

Beethoven Piano Concerto no 5 'Emperor

Yefim Bronfman (piano),

San Fransico Symphony Orchestra, Michel Tilson Thomas (conductor).

Penny Gore presents music by Beethoven, Weill and Mozart.

Episodes

Episode	Title	First Broadcast	Comments
01		20110314	Over the next two weeks in Afternoon on 3 you can hear the BBC's orchestras playing all of Beethoven's concertos and symphonies. They start this week with the eight concertos: one for violin and five for piano, plus the 'triple concerto' for violin, cello, piano and orchestra; and the amazing Choral Fantasy for piano, chorus and orchestra - a performance from the opening concert of the new BBC Hoddinott Hall in Cardiff a couple of years ago. The presenter is Penny Gore. Our Thursday Opera Matinee is the third of Puccini's operatic triptych, Gianni Schicchi - you may have heard the first two in this San Francisco Opera production last week. Thursday's programme also features a live concert by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, as well as the last of Beethoven's five piano concertos. Then as a grand finale to the week, Louise Fryer presents a feast of musical humour - in Afternoon on 3's Red Nose Special, part of Radio 3's contribution to Red Nose Day. There'll be a backbone (or should that be funny bone?) of pieces that tickle the fancy of Afternoon on 3 listeners - from musical jokes by Mozart and Haydn through Gilbert and Sullivan to Anna Russell, Flanders and Swann and Tom Lehrer. Comedians will join Louise to pick their own classical favourites too - including Lenny Henry presenting his own recording of Prokofiev's 'Peter and the Wolf', and a mystery guest live in the studio. The BBC's performing groups also have a funny turn: don't miss the BBC Symphony Orchestra tackling a few easy pieces - backwards - and jazz from the Welsh NOT NOW band, who fiddle with Sibelius in Bangor. And at 4 o'clock it's over to the BBC's Maida Vale studios for the culmination of Radio 3's Red Nose Conducting Competition, as the lucky winner conducts the BBC Singers, live, in Handel's Hallelujah Chorus. Verdi: Prelude to Act 3 of La Traviata BBC Philharmonic Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) Beethoven: Piano Concerto no. 2 in B flat major Sunwook Kim (piano) 2.30pm Mozart: Overture to Cosi Fan Tutte Wagner: Siegfried-Idyll 2.55pm Beethoven: Choral Fantasy Llyr Williams (piano) BBC National Orchestra of Wales Thierry Fischer (conductor) Sibelius: Scene with Cranes, from Kuolema Leif Segerstam (conductor) 3.25pm Beethoven: Piano Concerto no. 1 in C major Ingrid Fliter (piano) Benjamin Ellin (conductor) 4pm Sibelius: Symphony no. 2 in D major Andris Nelsons (conductor). Penny Gore presents Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos 2 and 1, plus Mozart, Wagner, Sibelius.
01		20150112	Penny Gore this week explores the complete concertos of Beethoven in recent performances recorded in Europe and the USA. Today there are two piano concertos, starting with the first he wrote, even though it was the second to be published. Also today, the veteran conductor Herbert Blomstedt conducts a rare performance of a symphony by the Swede, Wilhelm Stenhammar; his distinctly Nordic Second Symphony. Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat, op. 19 Nelson Goerner (period piano) Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century, Kenneth Montgomery (conductor) c. 2.30pm Schoenberg Friede auf Erden (version of 1911 for choir and orchestra) Norwegian Soloists Chorus Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Grete Pedersen (director) c.2.40pm Beethoven Piano Concerto no 1, op. 15 Leif Ove Andsnes (piano and director), Mahler Chamber Orchestra 3.15pm Stenhammar Symphony No. 2 in G minor, op. 34 Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Herbert Blomstedt (conductor) 4.00pm Beethoven Fantasia for Piano, Chorus and Orchestra in C minor, op. 80 Norwegian Soloists Chorus, Mahler Chamber Orchestra. Penny Gore presents music by Beethoven, Schoenberg and Stenhammar.
02		20110315	Over the next two weeks in Afternoon on 3 you can hear the BBC's orchestras playing all of Beethoven's concertos and symphonies. They start this week with the eight concertos: one for violin and five for piano, plus the Choral Fantasy for piano, chorus and orchestra and (today) the 'triple concerto' for violin, cello, piano and orchestra. The presenter is Penny Gore. Our Thursday Opera Matinee is the third of Puccini's operatic triptych, Gianni Schicchi - you may have heard the first two in this San Francisco Opera production last week. Thursday's programme also features a live concert by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, as well as the last of Beethoven's five piano concertos. Then as a grand finale to the week, Louise Fryer presents a feast of musical humour - in Afternoon on 3's Red Nose Special, part of Radio 3's contribution to Red Nose Day. There'll be a backbone (or should that be funny bone?) of pieces that tickle the fancy of Afternoon on 3 listeners - from musical jokes by Mozart and Haydn through Gilbert and Sullivan to Anna Russell, Flanders and Swann and Tom Lehrer. Comedians will join Louise to pick their own classical favourites too - including Lenny Henry presenting his own recording of Prokofiev's 'Peter and the Wolf', and a mystery guest live in the studio. The BBC's performing groups also have a funny turn: don't miss the BBC Symphony Orchestra tackling a few easy pieces - backwards - and jazz from the Welsh NOT NOW band, who fiddle with Sibelius in Bangor. And at 4 o'clock it's over to the BBC's Maida Vale studios for the culmination of Radio 3's Red Nose Conducting Competition, as the lucky winner conducts the BBC Singers, live, in Handel's Hallelujah Chorus. Smetana: Overture to The Secret BBC Philharmonic Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) Beethoven: Piano Concerto no. 3 in C minor Martin Roscoe (piano) 3pm Jonathan Harvey: ...towards a pure land Martyn Brabbins (conductor) 3.15pm Beethoven : Triple Concerto Israel Piano Trio 4pm Stravinsky: The Firebird (complete ballet) Martyn Brabbins (conductor). Penny Gore presents music by Smetana, Beethoven, Jonathan Harvey and Stravinsky.
02	Beethoven Concertos	20150113	Penny Gore continues her exploration of the complete concertos of Beethoven. Today there's a chance to catch a performance of Beethoven's joyous Triple Concerto which took place in Paris last Friday night. Also today, a symphony by the Bavarian master, Karl Amadeus Hartmann, and the haunting Metamorphosen by his contemporary, Richard Strauss. Beethoven Overture to Leonora no 3, op 72b Berlin RSO, Marek Jarowski (conductor) Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, op. 37 Paul Lewis (piano), c.2.55pm Karl Amadeus Hartmann Symphony no 6 3.20pm Richard Strauss Metamorphosen, study for 23 solo strings, AV 142 Swedish RSO, Daniel Harding (conductor) c. 3.50pm Beethoven Triple Concerto for Piano, Violin and Cello in C, op. 56 Lars Vogt (piano), Christian Tetzlaff (violin), Tanja Tetzlaff (cello) Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra, Daniel Harding (conductor). Penny Gore presents music by Beethoven, Hartmann and Strauss.
03		20110316	Over the next two weeks in Afternoon on 3 you can hear the BBC's orchestras playing all of Beethoven's concertos and symphonies. They start this week with the eight concertos: one for violin and five for piano, plus the Choral Fantasy for piano, chorus and orchestra and the 'triple concerto' for violin, cello, piano and orchestra. The presenter is Penny Gore. Our Thursday Opera Matinee is the third of Puccini's operatic triptych, Gianni Schicchi - you may have heard the first two in this San Francisco Opera production last week. Thursday's programme also features a live concert by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, as well as the last of Beethoven's five piano concertos. Then as a grand finale to the week, Louise Fryer presents a feast of musical humour - in Afternoon on 3's Red Nose Special, part of Radio 3's contribution to Red Nose Day. There'll be a backbone (or should that be funny bone?) of pieces that tickle the fancy of Afternoon on 3 listeners - from musical jokes by Mozart and Haydn through Gilbert and Sullivan to Anna Russell, Flanders and Swann and Tom Lehrer. Comedians will join Louise to pick their own classical favourites too - including Lenny Henry presenting his own recording of Prokofiev's 'Peter and the Wolf', and a mystery guest live in the studio. The BBC's performing groups also have a funny turn: don't miss the BBC Symphony Orchestra tackling a few easy pieces - backwards - and jazz from the Welsh NOT NOW band, who fiddle with Sibelius in Bangor. And at 4 o'clock it's over to the BBC's Maida Vale studios for the culmination of Radio 3's Red Nose Conducting Competition, as the lucky winner conducts the BBC Singers, live, in Handel's Hallelujah Chorus. Mozart : Overture to Idomeneo BBC National Orchestra of Wales James Judd (conductor) Beethoven: Piano Concerto no. 4 in G major Shai Wosner (piano) Smetana: Polka, Furiant and Skocna, from The Bartered Bride BBC Philharmonic Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) 3.10pm Beethoven : Violin Concerto in D major Ilya Gringolts (violin) Christoph Konig (conductor). Penny Gore presents Mozart's Idomeneo Overture and Beethoven's Violin Concerto in D.
03		20150114	Penny Gore continues her exploration of the complete concertos of Beethoven. Busoni Tanzwaltzer Finnish RSO, Susanna M䀀lkki (conductor) c.2.10pm Mahler Adagio from Symphony no 10 Luxembourg PO, Susanna M䀀lkki (conductor) c. 2.40pm Beethoven Violin Concerto in D, op. 61 Christian Tetzlaff (violin), Swedish RSO, Daniel Harding (conductor). Penny Gore presents music by Busoni, Mahler and Beethoven.
04		20150116	Penny Gore concludes her exploration of all Beethoven's concertos with his piano adaptation of his Violin Concerto and his final, magnificent 'Emperor' Concerto. Also today, a rare chance to hear Kurt Weill's Second Symphony, written just a few months before he left Europe for a new life in Hollywood. Beethoven Violin Concerto in D major arr. for Piano by the composer, op 61a Arthur Schoonderwoerd (conductor and fortepiano), Cristofori Ensemble Kurt Weill Symphony no 2 (1934) Mozarteum Orchestra, Salzburg, Mark Minkowski (conductor) 3pm Mozart Symphony no 33 in B flat, K. 319 Beethoven Piano Concerto no 5 'Emperor Yefim Bronfman (piano), San Fransico Symphony Orchestra, Michel Tilson Thomas (conductor). Penny Gore presents music by Beethoven, Weill and Mozart.