Beethoven’s third piano concerto, like his 5th symphony, is in C minor and is likewise full of drama and contrast.
Alexia Daphne Eleftheriadou is a Greek pianist based in London. She has appeared as a soloist at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Queen’s Hall in Edinburgh, and the Greek National Opera recital hall in Athens. In May 2021 she made her debut with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra recording Beethoven’s 3rd Piano Concerto.
Cantus Arcticus, also known as Concerto for Birds and Orchestra, is a three-part orchestral work by the Finnish composer Einojuhani Rautavarra premiered 18 October 1972. It is writen for live orchestra and tape recordings of birdsong creating a stunning evocation of the Finnish landscape.
Carl Nielsen has been described as “one of the most playful, life-affirming, and awkward voices in twentieth-century music”
His Symphony No. 4, The Inextinguishable (Op. 29, 1914–16), written during World War I.
It is writen as a continuous piece with the traditional four “movements” emerging as it unfolds. Nielsen, described the symphony as “the life force, the unquenchable will to live”.
