BBC Philharmonic | Beethoven’s Fifth by Elgar, Brahms, Beethoven, so 07 okt 2023, Od (2023/2023), Dirigent Mark Wigglesworth, The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, United Kingdom

Described by Elgar as “honest, healthy, humorous and strong, but not vulgar”, his jovial painting of Edwardian London kicks things off in Overture ‘Cockaigne (In London Town)’. Less rambunctious but no less exciting is Brahms’s welcome affront to the concerto genre, his Second Piano Concerto performed by Sunwook Kim and laden with intimately intertwined melodies and gripping motifs. No motif is however more famous than the iconic knocking of fate as we finish the night with Beethoven’s untameable Fifth Symphony, rife with drama and addictive musical themes.