Performance on 3 - BBC Proms 2010 - Prom 69: Royal Scottish National Orchestra

From BBC PROMS 2010 Another chance to hear the Royal Scottish National Orchestra and its French-born Music Director, Stéphane Denève, joined by Paul Lewis as he completes his cycle of the five Beethoven piano concertos with the last and most proudly majestic of them all. Also featured are spectacular orchestral showpieces by Berlioz and Respighi, inspired respectively by Rome's lively street life and its imperial past; and cementing Celtic connections, the RSNO introduces a recent symphonic suite drawn from the Scottish composer James MacMillan's opera The Sacrifice, inspired by the medieval folk tales of The Mabinogion and premiered to great acclaim in 2007. Berlioz: Overture 'Roman Carnival' Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major, Op. 73 'Emperor' James MacMillan: The Sacrifice - Three Interludes (London premiere) Respighi: Pines of Rome Paul Lewis (piano) Royal Scottish National Orchestra Stéphane Denève (conductor).