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Episode 2: Sibelius, Beethoven

Sibelius, Beethoven

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Britten Sinfonia, Thomas Gould (violin) and Angela Hewitt (piano) in Sibelius, Beethoven.

Thomas Gould directs the Britten Sinfonia from the violin in Sibelius's Scene with Cranes, and Angela Hewitt leads from the piano in Beethoven's Piano Concerto No 4.

Live from the Barbican Hall, London

Presented by Martin Handley

The pianist Angela Hewitt collaborates with the Britten Sinfonia, directing from the keyboard. In this concert she performs two of Beethoven's famed piano concertos: his youthful second, and intimate and serene fourth, a pillar of the piano concerto repertoire. 

Alongside the two concertos, violinist Thomas Gould directs the orchestra in Wagner's birthday present to his wife Cosima, and Sibelius' ethereal Scene with Cranes, composed as incidental music to a play.

Sibelius: Scene with Cranes
Beethoven: Piano concerto no.4 

Angela Hewitt (piano/director)
Thomas Gould (violin/director)
Britten Sinfonia.

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The Britten Sinfonia performs with pianist Angelia Hewitt and violinist Thomas Gould

Martin Handley presents a concert featuring the Britten Sinfonia with pianist Angelia Hewitt and violinist Thomas Gould, with both directing from their respective instruments

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