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BBC SSO - Brahms, Mahler

Donald Runnicles conducts the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra at City Halls in Glasgow. Brahms: Piano Concerto No 2 (soloist: Denis Kozhukhin). Mahler: Symphony No 1.

Donald Runnicles and the BBC SSO perform Mahler's First Symphony and are joined by Denis Kozhukin for Brahms's Second Piano Concerto.

Recorded at City Halls Glasgow and presented by Jamie MacDougall

Brahms: Piano Concerto No 2 in B flat

8.20 Interval

8.40
Mahler: Symphony No 1

Denis Kozhukin (piano)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Donald Runnicles (conductor)

There's never been a first symphony to match Mahler's, and from the glistening stillness of its visionary opening to its final, epic ascent from the inferno to paradise. It's a suitably joyous ending to the orchestra's 80th anniversary season - and to a concert that begins with the poetry and warmth of Brahms's expansive Second Piano Concerto: a Romantic master at his big-hearted best, and a glowing conclusion to Denis Kozhukhin's BBC SSO Brahms cycle.

2 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Mon 23 May 201619:30
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Johannes Brahms

    Piano Concerto No.2

    Performer: Denis Kozhukhin. Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Donald Runnicles.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Fantasien op.116

    Performer: Denis Kozhukhin.

  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony No.1

    Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Donald Runnicles.

  • George Enescu

    Cantabile and Presto

    Performer: Sharon Bezaly. Performer: Roland Pöntinen.
    • Café au lait: Music for Flute and Piano.
    • Bis.
    • 4-5.

Credit

PerformerBBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

Broadcast

  • Mon 23 May 201619:30
    BBC Radio 3