Performance on 3 - Till Fellner

Presented by Catherine Bott. As part of his two-year exploration of the entire cycle of Beethoven piano sonatas, incorporating recitals in Europe and America, celebrated Austrian pianist Till Fellner gives a performance at the Vienna Konzerthaus. The programme comprises the set of three sonatas, Op 31, which are strikingly original, and were written in the middle of Beethoven's lifetime, at the crucial time in his life when he was coming to terms with his deafness. These are matched with one of his later works, the sonata in A, Op 101, which has an air of introspection. Beethoven described it as a 'series of impressions and reveries'. Till Fellner (piano) Beethoven: Piano sonata in G, Op 31, No 1; Piano sonata in D minor, Op 31, No 2 (Tempest); Piano sonata in E flat, Op 31, No 3; Piano sonata in A, Op 101. Plus we focus this week on recent studio recordings from the BBC Singers. Manchicourt: Vidi speciosam BBC Singers Peter Phillips (conductor) Judith Bingham: Drowned lovers BBC Singers Andrew Carwood (conductor) Manchicourt: Magnificat BBC Singers Peter Phillips (conductor) Schubert: Der Mailied, D202 BBC Singers (male voices) 2 horns from the City of London Sinfonia Jane Glover (conductor)