Performance on 3 - Minnesota Orchestra/Osmo Vanska

Presented by Petroc Trelawny Tonight's concert was recorded last week in Minneapolis, and this leading American orchestra is joined by pianist Garrick Ohlsson, the first American to win Poland's International Chopin Competition. Here Ohlsson plays Chopin's meltingly beautiful Piano Concerto No.2 and reveals that his Chopin interpretations have only deepened in the years since that early triumph. And Music Director Osmo Vänskä, acclaimed for his interpretations of Beethoven, Sibelius and many other composers, gives his first Minnesota performance of Mozart's late masterpiece, his Symphony No. 40, a touchstone of Western art. Beethoven: Grosse Fuge Chopin: Piano Concerto no.2 Mozart: Symphony no.40 Garrick Ohlsson (piano) Minnesota Orchestra conducted by Osmo Vänskä Followed by music of leading contemporary composers from around the world. Gubaidulina: Offertorium Arabella Steinbacher (violin) NDR Symphony Orchestra Christoph von Dohnanyi (conductor) Recorded by German Radio Gubaidulina: Musical Toys nos 1-4: Accordion, Magic Roundabout, Trumpeter in the forest, Magic Smith Andreas Haefliger (piano) Sony Classical SK53960