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Prom 40: Martin Helmchen plays Brahms

Live at the 麻豆约拍 Proms: the 麻豆约拍 Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Sakari Oramo, perform Dora Peja膷evi膰's Symphony and, with pianist Martin Helmchen, Brahms's Piano Concerto No 2.

Live at the 麻豆约拍 Proms: the 麻豆约拍 Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sakari Oramo perform Dora Peja膷evi膰's Symphony and, with pianist Martin Helmchen, Brahms's Piano Concerto No 2.

Presented by Petroc Trelawny, live from the Royal Albert Hall, London.

Johannes Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major

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INTERVAL
Leah Broad talks to Petroc Trelawny about the life and work of Dora Peja膷evi膰, born into Hungarian-Croatian aristocracy at the end of the 19th century and who blazed a trail for Croatian music.

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Dora Peja膷evi膰: Symphony in F sharp minor

Martin Helmchen (piano)
麻豆约拍 Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo (conductor)

Award-winning German pianist Martin Helmchen makes his Proms debut as soloist in Brahms鈥檚 Second Piano Concerto, a vast work full of mercurial mood swings and technical demands. The concerto鈥檚 late-Romantic spirit and generous scope find an echo in Dora Peja膷evi膰鈥檚 Symphony in F sharp minor, richly scored and resplendent with brass. Composed during the First World War, when Peja膷evi膰 worked as a nurse, the work receives its Proms premiere by Sakari Oramo and the 麻豆约拍 Symphony Orchestra following their critically acclaimed recording.

02:37 Johannes Brahms - Piano Concerto No 2 in B flat major
53:30 Johannes Brahms - Intermezzo In A Major, Op 118 No 2
1:00:23 Interval - Leah Broad talks to Petroc Trelawny about the life and work of Dora Peja膷evi膰
1:24:34 Dora Peja膷evi膰 - Symphony in F sharp minor

2 hours, 29 minutes

Music Played

  • Johannes Brahms

    Concerto No. 2 In B Flat Major Op.83

    Performer: Martin Helmchen. Orchestra: 麻豆约拍 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
  • Johannes Brahms

    6 Pieces Op.118 ; No.2; Intermezzo In A Major

    Performer: Martin Helmchen.
  • Dora Peja膷evi膰

    Piano Concerto, Op. 33: I. Allegro moderato

    Performer: Peter Donohoe. Orchestra: 麻豆约拍 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
    • Dora Peja膷evi膰: Piano Concerto, Op. 33, Symphony in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 41.
    • Chandos.
    • 1.
  • Dora Peja膷evi膰

    Madchengestalten Op. 42: Viel Fahren sind auf den Fl眉ssen

    Performer: Cord Garben. Singer: Ingeborg Danz.
    • CPO.
  • Dora Peja膷evi膰

    String Quartet in C Major, Op. 58 : I. Allegro

    Ensemble: Quatuor Sine Nomine.
    • CPO.
  • Dora Peja膷evi膰

    Symphony in F# Minor Op.41

    Orchestra: 麻豆约拍 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Sonata No 2 for solo violin in A minor, BWV 1003 (2nd mvt, Fuga)

    Performer: Bojan 膶i膷i膰.
    • Bach: Partitas _ Sonatas BWV 1001 鈥 1006.
    • Delphian Records.
    • 27.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Prelude and Fugue in F sharp major, Op 87 No 13 (Fugue)

    Performer: Tatiana Nikolayeva.
    • Shostakovich: 24 Preludes and Fugues Op. 87: Tatiana Nicolayeva.
    • Hyperion.
    • 6.

Broadcast

  • Mon 14 Aug 2023 19:30

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