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Known for her grace and poise, Mitsuko Uchida gives us her spiritual approach to Beethoven's Fourth Piano Concerto.


Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

This past November, Mariss Jansons dedicated this performance in his native Latvia to his father on his centenary.


If any piece of music could be compared to a mountain, this would be a strong candidate.  Bruckner's sweeping Symphony No. 9 takes us to heights of size and grandeur.


Music on a BIG scale.  These two epic concertos are in some ways the ultimate expression of what this traditionally small-ensemble genre can be.


There's no other way to frame it - it's epic. Mahler's Second Symphony encompasses everything that life has to offer.


From the BBC Proms

There's no one like Mitsuko Uchida - LOVE HER! And we get to know her a bit more in this week's show, when she talks about Beethoven and then plays Beethoven with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra.


More from the BBC Proms

Mariss Jansons has lived in the Soviet Union and now in Russia.  As someone who witnessed Stalin's regime, he has a unique understanding of what Shostakovich had to say.


Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

It's the almost-a-symphony! Brahms was so gun-shy about writing a "Symphony" that he wrote one and called it a piano concerto instead.


Mariss Jansons

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