BBC Philharmonic - Brahms Piano Concerto No.1 with Garrick Ohlsson

Big tunes, grand vistas and deep feelings can only mean one thing – an evening in the company of some truly great Romantic composers. It’s high spirits to start, with Carl Maria von Weber’s curtain raiser to his opera Oberon. From the supernatural to the natural world, Weber shows his hand as a master of pure theatre. Our journey continues down the River Rhine with Robert Schumann and snapshots of the landscape which inspired him. The ‘Rhenish’ ...