Professor David Owen Norris presents ‘Perfect Pianists’ tonight at 20.00 on BBC4.
Professor Norris, Head of Keyboard and Percussion Studies, will take viewers on a journey through 60 years of BBC archives to showcase some of the greatest names in the history of the piano.
From the groundbreaking BBC studio recitals of Benno Moiseiwitsch, Solomon and Myra Hess in the 1950s, through the legendary concerts of Vladimir Horowitz and Arthur Rubinstein to more recent performances including Alfred Brendel, Mitsuko Uchida and Stephen Hough, Professor Norris celebrates some of the greatest players in a pianistic tradition which goes back to Franz Liszt in the 19th century.
View a preview clip of the programme here.
The full programme will be available here following the broadcast.