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Yeol Eum Son plays Beethoven

Yeol Eum Son plays Beethoven's Fourth Piano Concerto with the NDR Radio Philharmonic, and new recordings from the BBC National Chorus and Orchestra of Wales.

Presented by Ian Skelly, including concert and studio recordings from the BBC ensembles and from orchestras around Europe.

The main work at 3pm today is Beethoven's Fourth Piano Concerto, with Yeol Eum Son joining the NDR Radio Philharmonic and Andrew Manze at St George's Church in Wismar. The cellist Daniel Muller-Schott plays Lalo with the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra, and there are two new recordings from the BBC National Chorus and Orchestra of Wales, in music by Johanna Muller-Hermann and Lili Boulanger. Fabio Luisi conducts Nielsen in Copenhagen, and soprano Elizabeth Atherton joins the BBC Philharmonic in orchestral songs by Debussy.

Including:

Nielsen: Prelude to Act 2 of 'Saul and David'
Danish National Symphony Orchestra
Fabio Luisi, conductor

Muller-Hermann: Two Female Choruses with Orchestra
BBC National Chorus of Wales
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Adrian Partington, conductor

c.2.35pm
Wagner: Prelude (Act 1 'Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg')
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Jiri Belohlavek, conductor

Debussy: Trois Ballades de Francois Villon
Elizabeth Atherton, soprano
BBC Philharmonic
Ludovic Morlot, conductor

3pm
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G, op. 58
Yeol Eum Son, piano
NDR Radio Philharmonic Orchestra
Andrew Manze, conductor

Lili Boulanger: Vieille prière bouddhique
BBC National Chorus of Wales
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Sofi Jeannin, conductor

c.4pm
Lalo: Cello Concerto in D minor, op. 35
Daniel Muller-Schott, cello
NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra
Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor

Verdi: The Force of Destiny (Overture)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Xian Zhang, conductor

3 hours, 1 minute

Last on

Tue 20 Jun 2023 14:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Percy Grainger

    Molly on the Shore 'Stokowski version'

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Chandos.

  • Carl Nielsen

    Prelude to act 2 of 'Saul and David'

    Orchestra: Danish National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Fabio Luisi.

  • Johanna Müller-Hermann

    Two Female Choruses with Orchestra

    Choir: BBC National Chorus of Wales. Conductor: Adrian Partington. Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales.

  • Jean‐Philippe Rameau

    Prélude from Naïs: Overture; Musette tendre; Rigaudons I/II

    Orchestra: Le Concert des Nations. Conductor: Jordi Savall.
    • ALIA VOX.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Piano Sonata in C major, H.16.48 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Yeol Eum Son.
    • Harmonia Mundi.

  • Richard Wagner

    Prelude (Act 1 'Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg')

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jiří Bělohlávek.
    • GBBBC.

  • Claude Debussy

    Trois Ballades de Francois Villon

    Performer: Elizabeth Atherton. Performer: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Performer: Ludovic Morlot.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Concerto No. 4 in G, op. 58

    Performer: Yeol Eum Son. Orchestra: NDR Radio Philharmonic. Conductor: Andrew Manze.

  • Moritz Moszkowski

    Étincelles, op. 36/6

    Performer: Yeol Eum Son.

  • Lili Boulanger

    Vieille prière bouddhique

    Choir: BBC National Chorus of Wales. Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin.

  • Wolfgang Schulz & Rudolf Buchbinder

    10 National Airs with Variations for Flute and Piano, Op. 107: Nos. 3 & 4

    • Beethoven: Serenade for Flute and Piano, Op. 41, National Airs with Variations,.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 9.

  • Édouard Lalo

    Cello Concerto in D minor, op. 35

    Performer: Daniel Müller‐Schott. Orchestra: North German Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jukka‐Pekka Saraste.

  • Igor Stravinsky

    Symphonies of wind instruments

    Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Schon lacht der holde Frühling, K. 580

    Singer: Regula Mühlemann. Orchestra: Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Tarmo Peltokoski.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Overture on Hebrew themes Op.34a, arr. for orchestra [orig. ensemble]

    Performer: Simon Trpceski. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko.
    • Onyx.

Broadcast

  • Tue 20 Jun 2023 14:00
    BBC Radio 3