From the Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, Glasgow.
Two accomplished pianists join forces for a recital of Romantic French and German piano music.
Marc-Andre Hamelin gives a rare performance of Dukas's sonata and is joined by Piers Lane after the interval for a Brahms sonata which may seem familiar: it is the composer's own arrangement of his piano quintet.
Marc-Andre Hamelin and Piers Lane
(pianos)
Dukas Sonata in E flat minor
8.20 The Cartography of Thought David Gascoyne on the Art of Verse Translation
David Gascoyne knew most of the great French poets of this century - including Paul Eluard , Andre Breton and Pierre-Jean Jouve - and introduced many of them to readers of English through his translations. He has been honoured by the French government and his Selected Verse Translations will be published on his
80th birthday. He talks to Sean Street about the aims and limitations of this art and reads some examples.
8.40 Brahms Sonata in F minor for two pianos, Op 34b