Beethoven’s Emperor Concerto

The music

• George Benjamin Ringed by the Flat Horizon (19’)
Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5 (Emperor) (38’) Listen
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5 (47’) Listen

The performers

• Edward Gardner conductor*
• Yefim Bronfman piano

Launch into a season of extraordinary music that'll ignite your imagination and stir your soul.

If music means anything, it’s about engaging both heart and mind, and letting your imagination soar. Tonight, to launch a new season, Edward Gardner and the LPO set sail for new continents of human emotion, from a modern British masterpiece by LPO Composer-in-Residence Sir George Benjamin to the unchained melodies of Tchaikovsky’s much-loved Fifth Symphony. It’s an incredible journey, and along the way, the great Yefim Bronfman brings his unrivalled experience and insight to Beethoven’s grandest piano concerto – the one they call the ‘Emperor’.

*Edward Gardner’s position in the LPO is generously supported by Aud Jebsen.