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Prom 54: Beethoven for Three

Live at the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Proms: Emanuel Ax, Leonidas Kavakos and Yo-Yo Ma perform Brahms' Piano Trio in C major, Op. 87 and Beethoven's β€˜Archduke’ trio, Op. 97.

Live at the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Proms: Emanuel Ax, Leonidas Kavakos and Yo-Yo Ma perform Brahms' Piano Trio in C major, Op. 87 and Beethoven's β€˜Archduke’ trio, Op. 97

Presented by Hannah French, live from the Royal Albert Hall, London.

Brahms: Piano Trio in C major, Op. 87

c.4.30pm
INTERVAL: The pianist and writer David Owen Norris joins Hannah French to talk about the development of the piano trio in Vienna.

c.4.50pm
Beethoven: Piano Trio in B flat major β€˜Archduke’, Op. 97

Emanuel Ax (piano)
Leonidas Kavakos (violin)
Yo‐Yo Ma (cello)

Three stellar soloists come together to form a classical supergroup. Emanuel Ax, Leonidas Kavakos and Yo-Yo Ma have enjoyed a partnership stretching back a decade and now they lavish their vast gifts and experience on a programme of chamber music. Together they perform Brahms’s Piano Trio No. 2 in C major alongside some of Beethoven’s best-loved chamber music repertoire: his Op. 97 piano trio, nicknamed β€˜Archduke’.

2 hours, 29 minutes

Music Played

  • Johannes Brahms

    Piano Trio in C major, Op. 87

    Performer: Yo‐Yo Ma. Performer: Emanuel Ax. Performer: Leonidas Kavakos.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Piano Trio in C major Hob.XV.27 - III Presto

    Performer: Trio 1790.
    • Complete Piano Trios Vol, 6.
    • CPO.
    • 03.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Trio in C Major, K. 548: II. Andante cantabile

    Ensemble: London Fortepiano Trio.
    • Mozart: Piano Trios, K. 254 & 548.
    • Hyperion.
    • 5.
  • Franz Schubert

    Piano Trio No. 2 in E-Flat Major, D. 929: III. Scherzando - Allegro moderato

    Performer: Jascha Heifetz.
    • RCA Red Seal.
  • Arnold Schoenberg

    Verklarte Nacht, Op. 4: V. Sehr ruhig (arr. E. Steuermann for piano trio) [Trans

    Ensemble: Ravinia Trio.
    • Divox.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano trio In B Flat Major Op.97 (Archduke)

    Performer: Emanuel Ax. Performer: Leonidas Kavakos. Performer: Yo‐Yo Ma.
  • Franz Schubert

    Piano Trio No.1 In B-Flat Major, D.898, II Andante un poco mosso

    Performer: Yo‐Yo Ma. Performer: Emanuel Ax. Performer: Leonidas Kavakos.
  • John Williams

    Theme from Schindler's List

    Performer: Yo‐Yo Ma. Performer: Emanuel Ax. Performer: Leonidas Kavakos.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    J.S. Bach: Ich habe genug, BWV 82: I. Aria: Ich habe genug, ich habe den Heiland

    Lyricist: Anonymous. Conductor: Jonathan Cohen.
    • Bach: Cantatas 54, 82 & 170 "Widerstehe", "Ich habe genug" & "VergnΓΌgte Ruh".
    • Hyperion.
    • 11.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    J.S. Bach: Ich habe genug, BWV 82: II. Recit. Ich habe genug! Mein Trost ist nur

    Lyricist: Anonymous. Conductor: Jonathan Cohen.
    • Bach: Cantatas 54, 82 & 170 "Widerstehe", "Ich habe genug" & "VergnΓΌgte Ruh".
    • Hyperion.
    • 12.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    J.S. Bach: Ich habe genug, BWV 82: III. Aria: Schlummert ein, ihr matten Augen

    Lyricist: Anonymous. Conductor: Jonathan Cohen.
    • Bach: Cantatas 54, 82 & 170 "Widerstehe", "Ich habe genug" & "VergnΓΌgte Ruh".
    • Hyperion.
    • 13.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    J.S. Bach: Ich habe genug, BWV 82: IV. Recit. Mein Gott! wenn kommt das schΓΆne:

    Lyricist: Anonymous. Conductor: Jonathan Cohen.
    • Bach: Cantatas 54, 82 & 170 "Widerstehe", "Ich habe genug" & "VergnΓΌgte Ruh".
    • Hyperion.
    • 14.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    J.S. Bach: Ich habe genug, BWV 82: V. Aria: Ich freue mich auf meinen Tod

    Lyricist: Anonymous. Conductor: Jonathan Cohen.
    • Bach: Cantatas 54, 82 & 170 "Widerstehe", "Ich habe genug" & "VergnΓΌgte Ruh".
    • Hyperion.
    • 15.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    French suite no.5 in G major BWV.816 (Sarabande)

    Performer: Angela Hewitt.
    • J.S. Bach, The French Suites: Angela Hewitt.
    • Hyperion.
    • 22.

Broadcast

  • Sat 31 Aug 2024 16:00

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