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Sibelius, Grieg and Beethoven from Seoul's KBS Symphony Orchestra

The KBS SO perform Sibelius's The Swan of Tuonela, Grieg's Piano Concerto and Beethoven's Violin Concerto in D. Plus, Nicholas Daniel plays a miniature for oboe by Thea Musgrave.

Concertos by Grieg and Beethoven, music by Sibelius, plus an exquisite miniature for oboe by Thea Musgrave

Presented by Hannah French

In this afternoon's programme, Seoul's KBS Symphony Orchestra presents two of the concert hall's best-loved concertos, by Grieg and Beethoven, with star soloists Denis Kozhukin and Julian Rachlin

This week, Afternoon Concert is also celebrating veteran Scottish composer Thea Musgrave with recordings made at last year's Stockholm International Composer Festival. Today features a tiny piece for solo oboe written for the fiftieth birthday of the performer, Nicholas Daniel

2.00pm
Sibelius: The Swan of Tuonela
Grieg: Piano Concerto in A minor
Sibelius: Symphony no.2 in D
Denis Kozhukin, piano
KBS Symphony Orchestra
Yoel Levi, conductor

3.40pm
Musgrave: Dawn
Nicholas Daniel, oboe

1545
Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D
Julian Rachlin, violin
KBS Symphony Orchestra
Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

3 hours

Music Played

  • Jean Sibelius

    Lemminkainen suite Op.22 i no.3; The Swan of Tuonela

    Orchestra: KBS Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Yoel Levi.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Concerto in A minor Op.16 for piano and orchestra

    Performer: Denis Kozhukhin. Orchestra: KBS Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Yoel Levi.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Lyric pieces - book 3 Op.43 for piano i no.6; Til varen [To the spring]

    Performer: Denis Kozhukhin.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Symphony no. 2 in D major Op.43

    Orchestra: KBS Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Yoel Levi.
  • Johannes Brahms

    10 Hungarian dances i no.4 in F sharp minor

    Orchestra: KBS Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Yoel Levi.
  • Thea Musgrave

    Dawn for oboe solo

    Performer: Nicholas Daniel.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Concerto in D major Op.61 for violin and orchestra

    Performer: Julian Rachlin. Orchestra: KBS Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Myung-Whun Chung.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Violin Sonata in G major

    Performer: Chantal Juillet. Performer: Pascal Rog茅.
    • DECCA.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Homage (Sigurd Jorsalfar)

    Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Ole Kristian Ruud.
    • Grieg: The Orchestral Music: Bergen PO, Ruud.
    • Bis.
    • 5.

Broadcast

  • Tue 17 Sep 2019 14:00