Brahms - Piano Concerto No 2
From the Royal Albert Hall, London, Louise Fryer presents soloist Emanuel Ax in Brahms's Piano Concerto No 2, with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe under Bernard Haitink.
Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Presented by Louise Fryer
Bernard Haitink conducts the Chamber Orchestra of Europe and pianist Emanuel Ax in music by Brahms.
In their second concert of Brahms's masterworks at this year's Proms, they open with a work long central to Emanuel Ax's repertoire. Brahms's Second Piano Concerto is on a grand Romantic scale and makes huge technical demands on the soloist.
After the interval, the composer's astonishing final symphony, where the balance between expressiveness and structural control is most perfectly maintained.
Brahms: Piano Concerto No.2 in B flat major
Emanuel Ax (piano)
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Bernard Haitink (conductor)
This Prom will be repeated on Monday 22nd August at 2pm.
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Johannes Brahms
Concerto no. 2 in B flat major Op.83 for piano and orchestra
Conductor: Bernard Haitink Performer: Emanuel Ax - Piano Performer: Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Broadcast
- Sat 20 Aug 2011 19:30大象传媒 Radio 3
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