About this programme

John Shea presents a week devoted to Austrian music, including performances by the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and Nikolaus Harnoncourt's Concentus Musicus Wien, plus a chance to hear Mozart's own fortepiano. Haydn: Symphony No 6 in D (Le matin). Concentus Musicus Wien, conductor Nikolaus Harnoncourt. 2.20 Brahms: Variations in B flat on a theme by Joseph Haydn, Op 56a. Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Franz Welser-Möst. 2.40 Brahms: Schicksalslied, Op 54. Choral Society of Music Friends, Vienna, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Franz Welser-Möst. 3.00 Dvorák: Symphony No 5 in F, Op 76. Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Franz Welser-Möst. 3.30 Mozart: Piano Trio No 3 in B flat, K502. Robert Levin (Mozart's fortepiano), Frank Stadler (Mozart's violin), Peter Sigl (cello). 4.00 Haydn: Symphony No 7 in C (Le midi). Concentus Musicus Wien, conductor Nikolaus Harnoncourt.