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BBC National Orchestra of Wales - Beethoven, Bruckner

Live from Brangwyn Hall, Swansea, Thomas Sondergard conducts the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 3 (soloist: Stephen Hough). Bruckner: Symphony No 8.

Thomas Sondergard conducts the BBC National Orchestra of Wales in Beethoven and Bruckner. Stephen Hough, whose performances are known for their brilliance and elegance, returns to the Brangwyn Hall with Beethoven's Third Piano Concerto - one of Thomas Søndergård's favourite works. The season ends with Bruckner's intense Eighth Symphony, in which he wrote some of his most breathtaking music.

Live from Brangwyn Hall, Swansea
Presented by Nicola Heywood Thomas

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.3 in C minor

8.10 Interval Music

8.30
Bruckner: Symphony No.8 in C minor

Stephen Hough (piano)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Thomas Sondergard (conductor).

2 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Fri 12 Jun 201519:30
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Edvard Grieg

    Trolltog from Lyric Pieces Book V

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.

  • Hough

    Missa Mirabilis

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Cello Sonata No. 2

    Performer: Stephen Hough & Steven Isserlis.

  • Anton Bruckner

    Symphony No. 8 in C minor

    Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Thomas Sondergard.

Credit

PerformerBBC National Orchestra of Wales

Broadcast

  • Fri 12 Jun 201519:30
    BBC Radio 3

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