大象传媒

Live from the Barbican Hall, London
Presented by Martin Handley

The renowned conductor Bernard Haitink returns to the London Symphony Orchestra to perform Brahms's First Symphony. The pianist Imogen Cooper, also a regular collaborator with the LSO, joins them for Beethoven's First Piano Concerto.

Purcell arr Stucky: Funeral Music for Queen Mary
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 1 in C major, Op 15

8.15pm: Interval - interval music from disc including Imogen Cooper performing Brahms.

8.35pm: Part 2
Brahms: Symphony No 1 in C minor, Op 68

Imogen Cooper (piano)
London Symphony Orchestra
conductor Bernard Haitink

This programme opens with the moving funeral music by Purcell, recreated for a modern orchestra by the American composer Steven Stucky,and it concludes with Brahms's milestone First Symphony, 20 years in the making, in the hands of one of the foremost interpreters of Brahms today.

Now in his seventh decade of conducting, Bernard Haitink has been a great friend of the LSO for many years, with collaborations encompassing regular residencies at the Barbican, international tours, and numerous award-winning recordings.

The central work is Beethoven's Piano Concerto No 1, featuring the pianist Imogen Cooper, also a long-standing collaborator of the LSO.