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July 27, 2010
"Exhilarating and Free" Beethoven at the Proms
"You get a sense of Beethoven the virtuoso enjoying the fact that he can play piano -- it's a wonderfully exhilarating and free kind of piece." So says English pianist Paul Lewis about Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 1. Lewis is playing all five Beethoven Piano Concertos at the BBC Proms in London this summer. On Wednesday last week, he played No. 1 with the BBC Symphony Orchestra. Lewis gave a wonderfully exhilarating performance himself, prompting hearty ovations after the first and last movements, as you can hear on Tuesday's PT.
Today's Playlist
Performance Today audio is available for seven days following broadcast.
hour 1
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Felix Mendelssohn
Scherzo from Octet in E-flat, Op. 20
The BBC Symphony Orchestra, Colin Davis, conductor
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Robert Schumann
Overture to Hermann and Dorothea, Op. 136
The Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Jun Markl, conductor
Gewandhaus, Leipzig, Germany
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 1 in C, Op. 15
Paul Lewis, piano, the BBC Symphony Orchestra, Jiri Belohlavek, conductor
The BBC Proms, London, England
hour 2
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Frederic Chopin
Prelude in C-sharp Minor, Op. 45
Rafal Blechacz, piano
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Franz Schubert
Piano Piece No. 3 in C, D. 946
Imogen Cooper, piano
The BBC Proms, London, England
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G, BWV 1049
Nadine Asin and Martha Aarons, flutes, Adele Anthony, violin, the Aspen Festival Orchestra, Nicholas McGegan, conductor
Aspen Music Festival, Aspen, Colorado
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Lodovico Grossi da Viadana
Sinfonia (La Bergamasca)
The G8 Guitar Octet
Plateau Christian Church, Gatineau, Quebec
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Andrea Falconieri
La Suave Melodia
Daniel Hope, violin, and friends
Rolf Liebermann Studio, Hamburg, Germany
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Dario Castello
Sonata Concertata No. 3
La Fenice, Jean Tubery, director
Schwetzingen Festival, Speyer, Germany
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Partita No. 1 in B-flat, BWV 825
Rafal Blechacz, piano
Schwetzingen Festival, Schwetzingen, Germany
