Close menu

Programme Index

Discover 11,128,835 listings and 280,507 playable programmes from the BBC

Composer of the Week: Chopin

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

3. Majorcan Adventure - Life with George Sand. Today Donald Macleod investigates Chopin's love affair with the French novelist and their sojourn in Majorca in the winter of 1838-9. Mazurka in E minor, Op 41 No 2 Vladimir Horowitz (piano)
Scherzo No 3 in C sharp minor, Op 39 Sviatoslav Richter (piano) Preludes, Op 28 (excerpts) Grigory Sokolov (piano)
Polonaise in C minor, Op 40 No 2 Emil Gilels (piano)

Contributors

Unknown:
George Sand.
Unknown:
Donald MacLeod
Piano:
Vladimir Horowitz
Piano:
Sviatoslav Richter
Piano:
Grigory Sokolov
Piano:
Emil Gilels
Source: Radio Times

BBC Radio 3

About BBC Radio 3

Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

Appears in

Suggest an Edit

We are trying to reflect the information printed in the Radio Times magazine.

  • Press the 'Suggest an Edit' button
  • Type in any changes to the title, synopsis or contributor information using the Radio Times Style Guide for reference.
  • Click the Submit Edits button.
    Your changes will be sent for verification and if accepted, will appear in due course More