2/5. Chopin the Teacher. Teaching was as much a necessity as a calling for Chopin as he struggled to make ends meet in his new-found Parisian home. Donald Macleod reveals the genius, impatience and eccentricity exhibited by the composer in his lessons, as testified by the fascinating accounts of his many pupils. Prelude No 7 in A Maria Joao Pires (piano) Ballade No 3 in A flat, Op 47 Stephen Hough (piano)
Etudes, Op 10 (excerpts) Murray Perahia (piano) Nocturne in E flat, Op 9 No 2 Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano) Waltz No 1 in E flat, Op 18 Murray Perahia (piano)
Piano Sonata No 2 in B flat minor, Op 35 Ivo Pogorelich (piano)
Repeated on Monday at 12 midnight