Pianist Paul Lewis says that when he plays Beethoven's Third Piano Concerto, he hears Beethoven's own identity emerging. He says he hears "a personality that's becoming more and more defiant. There's a sense of struggle...you feel this conflict." Lewis and the Halle Orchestra perform Beethoven's Third, in concert at the Proms in London. Plus, the swashbuckling Finnish Radio Symphony plays Hector Berlioz'"Le Corsaire Overture," inspired by a novel about pirate adventures.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Bela Bartok: Romanian Dance No. 1, Op. 8a, Sz 43
Gyorgy Sandor, piano
Hector Berlioz: Le Corsaire Overture
The Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Tugan Sokhiev, conductor
St John's Church, Helsinki, Finland
Bela Bartok: Duos for Two Violins, No. 37 and No. 44, BB 104
Robert McDuffie and Xiaoxiao Qiang, violins
Aspen Music Festival, Aspen, Colorado
Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in D, Op. 71, No. 2, Hob. III:70 (Apponyi)
The Takacs Quartet
Music Academy of the West, Santa Barbara, California
Anton Bruckner: Ave Maria
The Lausanne Vocal Ensemble, Michel Corboz, conductor
Payerne Church, Payerne, Switzerland
Tomas Luis de Victoria: Ave Maria
The Lausanne Vocal Ensemble, Michel Corboz, conductor
Payerne Church, Payerne, Switzerland
Antonio Vivaldi: Sinfonia in G, RV 146
The Venice Baroque Orchestra, Luca Mares, conductor
Schwetzingen Festival, Schwetzingen, Germany
Hour 2
Ludwig van Beethoven: Third movement from Sonata No. 5 in C Minor
Paul Lewis, piano
Johann Sebastian Bach: Second movement from Flute Sonata in E, BWV 1035
Marina Piccinini, flute, the Brasil Guitar Duo
Aspen Music Festival, Aspen, Colorado
Pixinguinha: One to Nothing
Marina Piccinini, flute, the Brasil Guitar Duo
Aspen Music Festival, Aspen, Colorado
Fritz Kreisler: Praeludium and Allegro
James Ehnes, violin, Andrew Armstrong, piano
Aspen Music Festival, Aspen, Colorado
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 37
Paul Lewis, piano, the Halle Orchestra, Mark Elder, conductor
The BBC Proms, London, England
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