大象传媒

Louise Fryer presents a week of performances by the 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra and their Chief Conductor Jiri Belohlavek, who returned from their Far East tour just a few days ago. Alongside concerts they gave in China and Japan, you can hear - equally hot off the press - their brand-new cycle of all five Beethoven piano concertos with soloist Paul Lewis, who'll also be playing them all at the 2010 Proms. Plus another complete cycle - all six of Martinu's symphonies that Jiri Belohlavek has been conducting with the 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra this season.

We start today with the first two Beethoven concertos - which were almost certainly composed in a different order from their numbering - plus Martinu's first symphony, and Elgar from Guangzhou, China and Dvorak from Tokyo.

大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra
Jiri Belohlavek (conductor)

Elgar: In the south (Alassio)

2.20pm
Beethoven: Piano Concerto no. 2 in B flat major, Op. 19
Paul Lewis (piano)

2.50pm
Martinu: Symphony no. 1

3.30pm
Beethoven: Piano Concerto no. 1 in C major, Op. 15
Paul Lewis (piano)

4.10pm
Dvorak: Symphony no. 9 in E minor (From the New World).