BBC Philharmonic - Beethoven’s ‘Emperor’ 

John Storgårds conductor
Paul Lewis piano

Per Nørgård Symphony No. 8
Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Concerto No.5, ‘Emperor’
Jean Sibelius Symphony No 3 in C major

We’re off to the wilds of Scandinavia! Northern Lights, midnight sun and a smorgasbord of Nordic greats. Chief Conductor John Storgårds has a natural affinity with this music and is the dedicatee of tonight’s opener, the thrilling, most recent symphony of Danish composer Per Nørgård, a mind-bending kaleidoscope for large orchestra.

Paul Lewis returns to perform a colossus of the solo repertoire – Beethoven’s Fifth Piano Concerto, ‘Emperor’.

Finally, Sibelius’s Third Symphony. John Storgårds has been called a ‘master architect’ of this great symphonist, as revealed in his recorded cycle of all the symphonies with the orchestra. The synergy between these two Finns is, quite simply unmissable.

Please note, the Piano Concerto for this concert has changed. Paul Lewis will now perform Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major, ‘Emperor’, not Edvard Grieg’s Piano Concerto as previously advertised.