Radio 3 in Concert: Brussels Philharmonic

Fiona Talkington presents Thierry Fischer conducting the Brussels Philharmonic in Beethoven's Symphony No 7 and his Emperor concerto, with pianist Boris Giltburg. Music director of both the Utah Symphony and Brazil's Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra, Thierry Fischer here conducts the Brussels Philharmonic in an all-Beethoven concert. The Seventh Symphony opens the programme and its rhythmic lilt and internal energy led to its being dubbed `the apotheosis of the dance". Israeli pianist Boris Giltburg is something of a Beethoven specialist, having just recorded all 32 of the composer's piano sonatas, and it's his vision and virtuosity that are brought to the colossal Emperor concerto. Beethoven: Symphony No 7 in A, Op 92. 8.10 Interval - Liszt: Transcendental Studies - No 10 in F minor; No 11 in D flat - Harmonies du soir; No 12 in B flat minor - Chasse-neige. Boris Giltburg (piano). 8.30 Beethoven: Concerto in E flat, Op 73, Emperor. Boris Giltburg (piano), Brussels Philharmonic, Thierry Fischer (conductor)