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The Piano

BBC Radio 3
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With Piers Lane. Heaven, Angels and Ecstasy. In the last years of his life, Franz Liszt found great inspiration in religion for his piano music. The French composer Olivier Messiaen also expressed religious ideas in his music, and in Russia,
Alexander Scriabin took inspiration from theosophy and mystical ideas.
Liszt Bénédiction de Dieu (Harmonies Poétiques et Religieuses) Louis Kentner
Scriabin Piano Sonata No 7
(White Mass) Boris Berezovsky
Messiaen Le Baiser de I'Enfant Jesus
(Vingt Regards sur I 'Enfant Jesus) Peter Serkin
Producer Chris Wines

Contributors

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Franz Liszt
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Olivier Messiaen
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Alexander Scriabin
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Louis Kentner
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Boris Berezovsky
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Messiaen Le Baiser
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Peter Serkin
Source: Radio Times

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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.

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