This evening’s live broadcast begins with music from the rich harvest of Richard Strauss's Indian Summer, his Duet-Concertino, in a performance featuring soloists John Bradbury (clarinet) and Roberto Giaccaglia (bassoon). The rest of the programme is given over to Beethoven. Benjamin Grosvenor joins the orchestra for his effervescent First Piano Concerto, a work penned when Beethoven was about the same age as tonight's soloist. After the interval Nicholas Collon conducts what is perhaps the most extrovert of Beethoven's symphonies, his Eighth*.
Live from MediaCity, Salford Presented by Tom McKinney
