Presented by Petroc Trelawny. In a concert given at the Royal Festival Hall, London, Pierre-Laurent Aimard and the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, who, in 2003 released an award-winning CD box-set of the Beethoven piano concertos, perform the first three of them at the start of a European tour. Chamber Orchestra of Europe Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano/director) Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 2; Piano Concerto No 1; Piano Concerto No 3 Followed by a focus on BBC archive recordings of the Beethoven Violin Sonatas. Beethoven: Violin Sonata in D, op 12 no 1 Alina Ibragimova (violin) Huw Watkins(piano)