from the Royal
Festival Hall, London.
Conductor
Vladimir Ashkenazy Cristina Ortiz (piano) Schumann Overture:
Hermann und Dorothea
Introduction and Allegro Appassionata
8.00 Adolph Menzel : A Late Romantic
In the early 1900s Adolph Menzel was the most famous if least known artist in Germany. A reclusive dwarf with a large head. he was nicknamed "the poisonous mushroom". Yet his paintings won him success and public honours. John Leighton. curator of 19th-century paintings in the National
Gallery, London, reconsiders his career and achievement.
8.20 Mahler Symphony No 5