PETER conohoe (piano)
BBC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA leader RODNEY FRIEND conducted by NORMAN DEL MAR and LIONEL FRIEND
Beethoven Piano Concerto No 5. in E flat (Emperor) conducted by NORMAN DEL MAR
12.0* Interval Reading
12.5* Nigel Osborne
Sinfonia (BBC commission: first performance) conducted by LIONEL FRIEND
Stravinsky Suite : The Firebird (1911) conducted by NORMAN DEL MAR
The BBC Symphony
Orchestra under Lionel Friend revealed
(Siu/oma) as a piece truly symphonic in the strength and cogency of its continuous structure ... and in finding space to establish musical characters. (THE TIMES) (Given last August in the Roijn! Albert Hull , London) A BBC digital recording