Lucerne Festival 2020: Blomstedt conducts Beethoven

Synopsis

In 1949, at only seven years old, Martha Argerich made her debut with Beethoven’s First Piano Concerto and the piece has accompanied her throughout her career. Naturally, Argerich has discovered new facets of this work over the decades. And she surely did so when she performed this signature piece with the Lucerne Festival Orchestra and Herbert Blomstedt who gave his debut with the orchestra thanks to a very special festival edition in August 2020. Beethoven’s music plays a very important role in Blomstedt’s career and thus the concert featured another work of the composer: his Symphony No. 2. PROGRAM Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1, Symphony No. 2

Additional Info

• No: 8785
• Composer: L.v. Beethoven
• Conductor: Herbert Blomstedt
• Orchestra: Lucerne Festival Orchestra
• Artists: Martha Argerich
• Production year: 2020
• Run time: 01:21:00
• Producers: Accentus Music in co-production with NHK, Arte G.E.I.E., SRF, SSR SRG
• Format: 4K