Watch Concert Excerpts
Click on the videos below to watch concert excerpts from Alice Sara Ott playing Liszt’s thunderous Totentanz, Seong-Jin Cho playing Rachmaninov’s iconic Piano Concerto No 2 and Maria João Pires playing Schumann’s intimate Piano Concerto.
From the Archive
Did you know?
Sergei Rachmaninov, one of the greatest pianists as well as composers of the 20th century, recorded many of his own works for the piano, allowing us a tantalising glimpse of the performance style of the great master himself. Rachmaninov performed twice with the LSO:
- 18 November 1929 at the Queen’s Hall – he played his Piano Concerto No 4, the first performance in London, conducted by Albert Coates.
- 16 October 1936 at the Queen’s Hall – he played his Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, conducted by Sir Hamilton Harty.
Six Questions with Eric Lu: Beethoven Edition
Pianist Eric Lu, winner of the gold medal at the Leeds International Piano Competition in 2018, talks about what initially attracted him to the piano in his early years and the significance of Beethoven’s music.
Watch Interviews with Pianists
Click on the videos below to watch Alice Sara Ott discussing why she loves being a musician, as well as Kirill Gerstein on Gershwin’s Piano Concerto in F and Frank Dupree on Kapustin’s Piano Concerto No 4.
In Concert
Beethoven and Prokofiev 2
Gianandrea Noseda and Alice Sara Ott
Thursday 10 April 2025 • 7pm
Prokofiev’s mind-blowing Second Symphony, plus early Beethoven, in his First Piano Concerto, and a charming opener from Schubert.
