Discovering Music

Samuel Barber

Barber Piano Concerto

Sunday 10 June 2007 17:00-18:30 (Radio 3)

Stephen Johnson is joined by pianist Andrew Zolinsky and the BBC SO conducted by David Robertson for a look at some of the many contrasting ideas that influenced Samuel Barber's composition of his virtuosic Piano Concerto.

Duration:

1 hour 30 minutes

Barber Piano Concerto (the online audio is truncated for rights reasons)

Listen to the programme

Playlist

Barber: Piano Sonata Op. 26
Marc-Andre Hamelin
Hyperion CDA 67469 Tracks 5 - 8

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