Afternoon on 3 - BBC Symphony Orchestra - Episode 3

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. Today everything comes with a number four: Beethoven's most beautiful piano concerto between the most dramatic symphonies by both Martinu and Brahms. Martinu: Symphony no. 4 2.35pm Beethoven: Piano Concerto no. 4 in G major, Op. 58 Paul Lewis (piano) 3.10pm Brahms: Symphony no. 4 in E minor, Op. 98.