Beethoven, Liszt & Schumann

The choice of Paul Lewis as soloist in Beethoven's Fifth Piano Concerto is absolutely no accident. The Briton plunges into Beethoven's oeuvre with his gossamer touch and great sense of style. An event to look forward to. With Schumann and Liszt, the Radio Philharmonic Orchestra further stokes the romantic fire.

Emperor Concerto

Beethoven's Fifth Piano Concerto thunders into the concert hall. His epic "Emperor Concerto" is Beethoven's longest piano concerto, a model of persistent creative drive. While Napoleon's troops invaded Vienna, Beethoven worked relentlessly on his inspired concerto. A masterpiece with which he crowned himself the only true emperor.

On his thumb

The Times highly praised Paul Lewis' take on Beethoven's piano concertos: "Musical creativity of high quality, subtle and authoritative and full of eternal value. A former student of Alfred Brendel, Lewis knows the Viennese repertoire like the back of his hand. Alongside Beethoven's last piano concerto will be Schumann's somewhat obscure Fourth Symphony. A work that "rose from the depths of his soul," mused Clara Schumann, his wife.