Radio 3 in Concert: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

A 2014 performance from Amsterdam, with Mariss Jansons conducting the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in Beethoven's Piano Concerto No1 in C and Bruckner's Symphony No 9 in D minor. The great Latvian-born conductor enjoyed a decade as the orchestra's chief chief conductor and he is heard here in one of the great Romantic works for which he was held in such high regard. He brings a luminous grandeur to Anton Bruckner's Ninth Symphony, which ends with one of the most poignant adagios in all music. The concert opens with Lars Vogt playing Beethoven in classical mode: all grace and charm and this famous orchestra matches his every move. Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 1 in C, Op 15; Bruckner: Symphony No 9 in D minor. Lars Vogt (piano), Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Mariss Jansons (conductor)