Performance on 3 - Mitsuko Uchida

Presented by Petroc Trelawny. In a concert given at the Royal Festival Hall, London, Japanese pianist Mitsuko Uchida performs works of the Viennese masters. A celebrated performer of the music of the Second Viennese school - Schoenberg, Berg and Webern, whose compositions revolutionised music in the early years of the 20th century - Uchida lived for a while in the Austrian capital, where she was taught by the great Wilhelm Kempff. Among other works, the programme features Webern's Variations, Op 27, in which the composer took the 12-note teachings of Schoenberg to the furthest point, with his intricate prismatic manipulation of the tone row. Mitsuko Uchida (piano) Mozart: Rondo in A minor, K511 Webern: Variations Op 27 Beethoven: Sonata in A, Op 101 Schumann: Fantasy in C, Op 17 Encore: Schoenberg: Opus 19 Scarlatti: Sonata K9 in D minor Followed by the final part of our focus on the Royal Ballet. Tonight's work is Britten's Prince of the Pagodas, as chosen by Royal Ballet conductor Dominic Grier. Britten: Prince of the Pagodas (Act 1 extract: Prelude; The Fool and the Dwarf; March and Courtiers Dance; Entry of the Pages and the Four Kings; Variation of the King of the North; Variation of the King of the East; Variation of the King of the West; Variation of the King of the South) London Sinfonietta Oliver Knussen (conductor) VIRGIN 0777 7595782-2 Britten – Prince of the Pagodas (Act 2 extract: "The Arrival and Adventures of Belle Rose in the Kingdom of the Pagodas": Belle rose; The Pagodas; The Salamander; Pas de Deux (the Prince and Belle Rose); Belle Rose hunts for the Prince) London Sinfonietta Oliver Knussen (conductor) VIRGIN 0777 7595782-2 Poulenc: Rosemonde Gilles Cachemaille (baritone) Pascal Roge (piano) DECCA 4603262 Lennox Berkeley: Ode du premier jour de Mai from Five Songs op.14 no.2 James Gilchrist (tenor) Anna Tilbrook (piano) CHANDOS CHAN 10528