Afternoon on 3 - BBC Symphony Orchestra - Episode 1

Louise Fryer presents a week of performances by the BBC Symphony Orchestra and their Chief Conductor Jiri Belohlavek, who returned from their Far East tour just a few days ago. Alongside concerts they gave in China and Japan, you can hear - equally hot off the press - their brand-new cycle of all five Beethoven piano concertos with soloist Paul Lewis, who'll also be playing them all at the 2010 Proms. Plus another complete cycle - all six of Martinu's symphonies that Jiri Belohlavek has been conducting with the BBC Symphony Orchestra this season. We start today with the first two Beethoven concertos - which were almost certainly composed in a different order from their numbering - plus Martinu's first symphony, and Elgar from Guangzhou, China and Dvorak from Tokyo. BBC Symphony Orchestra Jiri Belohlavek (conductor) Elgar: In the south (Alassio) 2.20pm Beethoven: Piano Concerto no. 2 in B flat major, Op. 19 Paul Lewis (piano) 2.50pm Martinu: Symphony no. 1 3.30pm Beethoven: Piano Concerto no. 1 in C major, Op. 15 Paul Lewis (piano) 4.10pm Dvorak: Symphony no. 9 in E minor (From the New World).