Performance on 3 - Edinburgh International Festival 2008 - 24/09/2008

Petroc Trelawny presents a concert given by the venerable Dresden Staatskapelle at the 2008 Edinburgh Festival, featuring music by two past principal conductors, directed by the current incumbent, Fabio Luisi. Although famous for its performances of classic Teutonic repertoire, the orchestra also has a long history of performing new music and in this programme gives UK premiere of a piece by its composer-in-residence, Bernhard Lang. Helene Grimaud (piano) Dresden Staatskapelle Fabio Luisi (conductor) Weber: Overture (Oberon) Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 4 Strauss: Ein Heldenleben Bernhard Lang: Monadology II Followed by a look into the BBC Archives for highlights from past Edinburgh Festivals, including, from 1982: Granados: Valses poeticos Julian Bream (guitar)q.