Radio 3 in Concert: Mozart and Schmidt from the Berlin Philharmonic and Evgeny Kissin

Fiona Talkington presents as soloist Evgeny Kissin joins the Berlin Philharmonic for a famous piano concerto by Mozart before the orchestra embarks on a rare performance of Franz Schmidt's Symphony No 2. Schmidt's music is heavily influenced by Bruckner, Reger and the young Schoenberg, not least in the vast forces required, and which promise to fill the stage of the Philharmonie for this performance, recorded earlier this month. Before that, star pianist Evgeny Kissin renews his relationship with an orchestra with which he made his debut at the age of 19 under Herbert von Karajan, and the concert opens with a short sinfonia by Marianne von MartÍnez, a favourite pupil of Haydn. Marianne von Martinez: Sinfonia in C. Mozart: Piano Concerto No 23 in A, K 488. Franz Schmidt: Symphony No 2 in E flat. Evgeny Kissin (piano), Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Fabio Luisi (conductor)