Artiste: Hugh Tinney

Celebrating his 80th birthday, Leonard Slatkin shows his celebrated artistry in conducting the NSO in a programme featuring Beethoven, Brahms and a world premiere by his son. 

Tinney delivers an intelligent, sensitive account of Beethoven's Piano concerto no. 5 while German conductor Alber stresses speed over subltety in Beethoven's Seventh Symphony.

Birthday celebrations for the RTE Philharmonic Choir singing Agnew and Elgar, while Tinney shines in Mozart's Piano Concerto no. 20 in D minor K466.