BBC Proms 2019 Prom 42 - Clara Schumann Piano Concerto (320kbps .mp3)

BBC Proms 2019 Prom 42 - Clara Schumann Piano Concerto (320kbps .mp3)

Live at BBC Proms: The Ulster Orchestra with Rafael Payare and Mariam Batsashvili in works by Beethoven, Clara Schumann, Sofia Gubaidulina and Shostakovich.

01. Beethoven: Symphony No 1 in C major
01a. General introduction to BBC Proms 2019 Prom 42
02. Clara Schumann - Piano Concerto
02a. Introduction to Clara Schumann’s Piano Concerto
03. Liszt - Grandes etudes de Paganini No.4 (encore)
04. Sofia Gubaidulina - Fairytale Poem
04a. Introduction to Gubaidulina’s Fairytale Poem
05. Shostakovich - Symphony No. 1 in F minor
05a. Introduction to Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 1

Mariam Batsashvili (piano)
Ulster Orchestra
Rafael Payare (conductor)

Belfast's Ulster Orchestra and its dynamic music director Rafael Payare present the Proms premiere of Clara Schumann's Piano Concerto, performed here by BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist Mariam Batsashvili.

Begun when the then Clara Wieck was just 13 years old, it’s a work whose mellow mood and lyrical melodies conceal no little technical intricacy and formal innovation.

Sunny good humour also runs through both Beethoven’s Symphony No. 1 – famously described as a musical 'comedy of manners' – and Shostakovich's First Symphony, lively with satirical wit and mischief.

06. Proms 2019 Prom 42, Proms Interval
Interval: Ian Skelly talks to pianist Lucy Parham and musicologist Natasha Loges about the life and work of Clara Schumann.

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Presented by Hannah French
Broadcast: 18 August 2019