Radio 3 in Concert: Herbert Blomstedt in Copehnagen

Herbert Blomstedt conducts Berwald and Schubert. The legendary conductor, who recently turned 94, conducts music by two composers whose music is close to his heart. Franz Berwald's hugely original symphony, given its disastrous premiere in 1842, is a work he has long championed whilst his performances of Schubert's `Great" symphony go to the very heart of Schubert's creative genius. As Blomstedt says: `He composed as if he had some secret line to God himself." Berwald: Symphony No 1 in G minor, Sinfonie sérieuse. c.8.00 Interval music: Berwald's Piano Trio no 4 in C major in a recording by Marieke Blankestijn (violin), Christopher Marks (cello) and Susan Tomes (piano). c.8.20pm Schubert: Symphony no 9 in C major, D.944, Great. Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Herbert Blomstedt (conductor). Recorded at DR Concert House, Copenhagen, Denmark in April 2021