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Afternoon Concert

Music: Classical

Unique performances with BBC Orchestras, Choirs and other great orchestras

Unique performances with BBC Orchestras, Choirs and other great orchestras from around the world

Afternoon on 3: Piano Concertos

Afternoon Concert: Piano Concertos: Episode 4

Episode 4

Piano Concertos

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, Piano Concertos, Episode 4

Penny Gore presents Beethoven's Piano Concerto No 4, plus Shostakovich, Elgar and Wagner.

Penny Gore with a series focusing on piano concertos. Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 4. Shostakovich. Concerto in C minor. Plus music by Elgar, Rimsky-Korsakov, Stravinsky and Wagner.

Piano Concertos

Penny Gore continues her focus on piano concertos - including well-loved war-horses and lesser-known gems.


Elgar: Serenade for string orchestra in E minor
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Vassily Sinaisky - Conductor

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 4 in G major
Ashley Wass - Piano
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Vassily Sinaisky - Conductor

Elgar: Symphony no. 1 in A flat
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Vassily Sinaisky - Conductor

Rimsky-Korsakov: May Night - Overture 
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Dmitri Jurowski - Conductor

Shostakovich: Concerto for piano, trumpet and string orchestra in C minor
Jamie Prophet - Trumpet
Plamena Mangova - Piano
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Dmitri Jurowski - Conductor

Stravinsky: Scenes de ballet 
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Dmitri Jurowski - Conductor

Wagner: Tristan und Isolde - Prelude and Liebestod 
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Pietari Inkinen - Conductor.

Afternoon Concert: Piano Concertos

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Penny Gore presents piano concertos, from the well-loved to the lesser-known

The piano has inspired composers to write more concertos than for any other instrument. Penny Gore introduces a varied selection of piano concertos, with well-loved works alongside lesser-known ones

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