Performance on 3 - 28/10/2008

Presented by Petroc Trelawny In the first of her concerts as the Queen Elizabeth Hall's Artist in Focus, Russian violinist Viktoria Mullova performs a concert of Schubert and Beethoven on her Guadagnini violin with gut strings. She's accompanied by Kristian Bezuidenhout on the fortepiano. She begins with Schubert's Duo Sonata in A major, before his virtuosic Rondo brillant. This is followed by Beethoven's Violin Sonata in E flat, and the ever popular Kreutzer Sonata. Schubert: Sonata in A for violin and piano, D.574 Schubert: Rondo brilliante in B minor, D.895 Beethoven: Violin Sonata in E flat, Op.12'3 Beethoven: Violin Sonata in A, Op.47, 'Kreutzer' Viktoria Mullova (violin) Kristian Bezuidenhout (fortepiano) Followed by Play To The Nation, Radio 3's celebration of amateur orchestras across the UK: Lutoslawski: Chain I Birmingham Chamber Orchestra Martin Leigh (conductor) Mozart Piano Concerto No 23 Tracey Renwick (piano) Bromley Symphony Orchestra Adrian Brown (conductor)