Alfred Brendel plays Beethoven's 4th Piano Concerto in Munich

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Mark Forrest continues his week of specially recorded music and performances from the UK and Europe. Today we hear another treasured archive recording of Alfred Brendel playing Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No.4 with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra in Munich. There’s more piano music from one of the prize winners from the 2024 Leeds Piano Competition too: the Chinese pianist Junyan Chen, who plays Couperin & Messiaen in a concert recorded last month at London’s Wigmore Hall. And, to end the programme, conductor Nil Venditti joins the BBC National Orchestra of Wales in a performance of Elgar’s Enigma Variations. Including: Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.4 in G, Op.58 Alfred Brendel (piano) Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Sir Colin Davis (conductor) John Pickard: Ave maris stella BBC Singers Sofi Jeannin (conductor) Heinrich Biber: Passacaglia in G minor (The Guardian Angel) Veronika Eberle (violin) William Grant Still: Afro-American Symphony Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra Riccardo Minasi (conductor) Francois Couperin: Les Baricades; Le Tic-toc-choc ou les maillotins; Les ombres errantes; Les tricoteuses Junyan Chen (piano) Olivier Messiaen: Preludes: La Colombe; Un reflet dans le vent Junyan Chen (piano) Robert Schumann: Manfred Overture, Op.115 Croatian Radiotelevision Orchestra Gyorgy Gyorivanyi (conductor) Franz Schubert: String Trio in B flat, D. 471 Mondrian Ensemble Edward Elgar: Enigma Variations BBC National Orchestra of Wales Nil Venditti (conductor) To listen to this programme (using most smart speakers) just say "Ask BBC Sounds to play Classical Live".