The Five Piano Concertos
Murray Perahia 's Beethoven cycle on disc was hailed as the greatest of its generation. This autumn, he performed the five concertos at
London's Royal Festival Hall to considerable press acclaim. BBC cameras recorded the whole series and tonight, in the first of three programmes, Perahia plays
Concerto No 1 in c major and Concerto No 3 in c minor with the Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields led by KENNETH SILLITO conducted by Neville Marriner.
Between the concertos,
Jane Glover discusses the background to the music with soloist and conductor. Murray Perahia , erstwhile Chopin man, turns to Beethoven with power and poetry. He has now emerged as a Beethoven master too. THE GUARDIAN Lighting ALAN WOOLFORD Sound JOHN CAULFIELD Executive producers
DENNIS MARKS. CLAIRE ENDERS
Directed by RODNEY GREENBERG
0 A simultaneous broadcast with R3.