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Prom 20 repeat: Stephen Hough plays Brahms

Another chance to hear the 大象传媒 Philharmonic, conducted by Mark Wigglesworth, at this year's 大象传媒 Proms, with music by Brahms, Haydn and David Sawer.

Afternoon on 3 with Fiona Talkington

Another chance to hear the 大象传媒 Philharmonic, conducted by Mark Wigglesworth, at this year's 大象传媒 Proms, with music by Brahms, Haydn and David Sawer.
Presented by Petroc Trelawny from the Royal Albert Hall, London

Brahms: Piano Concerto No 1 in D minor
David Sawer: the greatest happiness principle
Haydn: Symphony No 99 in E flat major

Stephen Hough (piano)
大象传媒 Philharmonic
Mark Wigglesworth (conductor)

Though booed at its premier in 1859, Brahms's First Piano Concerto has gone on to become one of the most-beloved of piano concertos. A giant of a piece with an emotional scope to match, it is at its most tender in the slow movement - a 'gentle portrait' of Clara Schumann. Tempering this intensity is Haydn's graceful Symphony No 99 and David Sawer's 'the greatest happiness principle', with its dancing, rhythmically charged textures. Inspired by Jeremy Bentham's Utopian philosophies, it is performed in this 大象传媒 Proms concert as part of the PRS for Music Foundation's Resonate scheme, promoting British music of the past 25 years, in partnership with the Association of British Orchestras and 大象传媒 Radio 3.

First broadcast on Saturday 29 July

Followed by a selection of recordings from this week's Proms Artists.

2 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Tue 1 Aug 2017 14:00
大象传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Johannes Brahms

    Piano Concerto No 1 in D minor

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Mark Wigglesworth.

  • David Sawer

    The Greatest Happiness Principle

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Mark Wigglesworth.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No. 99 in E flat major

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Mark Wigglesworth.

  • Igor Stravinsky

    Suite for violin and piano 'after themes, fragments, and pieces by Pergolesi'

    Performer: Anthony Marwood. Performer: Thomas Ad猫s.
    • Stravinsky: Complete music for violin and piano: Marwood/Ades.
    • Hyperion.
    • 1.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Dixit Dominus

    Singer: Angela Kazimierczuk. Singer: Donna Deam. Singer: Katharine Fuge. Singer: Gill Ross. Singer: Charles Humphries. Singer: Richard Wyn Roberts. Singer: Rory O'Connor. Singer: Robert Burt. Singer: Julian Clarkson. Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Orchestra: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • PHILIPS.

Credit

Performer 大象传媒 Philharmonic

Broadcast

  • Tue 1 Aug 2017 14:00
    大象传媒 Radio 3