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Beethoven's last piano concerto meets Shostakovich's final symphony

Gianandrea Noseda conducts the LSO in Shostakovich's bleakly enigmatic Symphony No 15. They are joined by pianist Beatrice Rana for Beethoven's 'Emperor' Concerto.

Beethoven's 'Emperor' Concerto begins with epic majesty and grandeur and ends with a joyfully rambunctious finale; in between, time seems suspended in serene, hymn-like stillness. Tonight's soloist is internationally renowned Beatrice Rana 鈥榦ne of the most insightful and prodigiously gifted artists of the new generation鈥�, according to the New York Times.

Gianandrea Noseda's acclaimed Shostakovich symphony cycle with the LSO has arrived at the elusive No. 15. Completed in 1970, Shostakovich's final symphony disconcerts as raspberry-blowing perkiness rubs shoulders with bleak despair, and overt musical quotations are subverted by mysterious musical ciphers. And even the meagre reassurance of Shostakovich's trademark sardonic humour seems to be undermined by the final dehumanised clockwork of the symphony's close.

Recorded at the Barbican Hall in February and introduced by Martin Handley.

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major, Op. 73 ('Emperor')

8.20 pm
Interval Music (from CD)
Bach:
Sinfonia (Cantata No. 29)
Chorus: Wir m眉ssen durch viel Tr眉bsal (Cantata No. 146)
Sinfonia (Cantata No. 174)
Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki

8.35 pm
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 15 in A major, Op.141

Beatrice Rana (piano)
London Symphony Orchestra
Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)

2 hours, 28 minutes

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Fri 22 Apr 2022 19:30
大象传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major Op. 73 ('Emperor')

    Performer: Beatrice Rana. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Gianandrea Noseda.

  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    The Swan (Carnival of the Animals)

    Performer: Beatrice Rana.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cantata BWV29 (Sinfonia)

    Orchestra: Bach Collegium Japan. Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki.
    • Bach - Cantatas Volume 52.
    • BIS.
    • 13.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cantata BWV. 146: 'Wir mussen durch viel Trubsal' (Chorus)

    Choir: Bach Collegium Japan Chorus. Orchestra: Bach Collegium Japan. Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki.
    • Bach - Cantatas Volume 44.
    • BIS.
    • 2.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cantata BWV.174 'Ich liebe den Hochsten von ganzem Gemute' (Sinfonia concerto)

    Orchestra: Bach Collegium Japan. Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki.
    • Bach - Cantatas Volume 50.
    • BIS.
    • 13.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Symphony No. 15 in A major, Op. 141

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Gianandrea Noseda.

  • Benjamin Britten

    String Quartet No 2 in C major, Op 36

    Ensemble: Signum Quartet.

  • Clara Schumann

    Am Strande

    Performer: Pavel Kolesnikov. Singer: Benjamin Appl.

    Recorded 2 March 2016 at 大象传媒 Maida Vale Studio 1

Broadcast

  • Fri 22 Apr 2022 19:30
    大象传媒 Radio 3