Performance on 3 - 19/06/2008

Martin Handley presents the final concert of the BBC Philharmonic's series celebrating the symphonies of Brahms and the concertos of Schumann, given last week in Manchester's Bridgewater Hall. The programme features pianist Louis Lortie performing Schumann's Piano Concerto, in which Florestan and Eusebius, the characters ever-present in the composer's deteriorating mind are portrayed by him musically. This is followed by another mini piano concerto: Schumann's Introduction and Allegro appassionato, as well as Brahms's fourth and final symphony. Louis Lortie (piano) BBC Philharmonic Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) Schumann: Piano Concerto; Introduction and Allegro appassionato Brahms: Symphony No 4.