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Composer of the Week:Fryderick Chopin (1810-1849)

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1/5. Chopin the Pole
Donald Macleod looks at the multifaceted personality of the man who extended the boundaries of the piano and its music. Today, an exploration of the complex tensions between Chopin's Polish roots and his career pursued largely at the heart of the Parisian aristocracy. Prelude No 4 in E minor Maria Joao Pires (piano) Fantasia in A on Polish Airs, Op 13
Emanuel Ax (piano), Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, conductor Charles Mackerras Polonaise in A flat, Op 53 Maurizio Pollini (piano)
Hymn from the Tomb, Op 74 No 17; Dumka; Melodia (Elegy), Op 74 No 9 Urszula Kryger (mezzo), Charles Spencer (piano) Scherzo No 1 in B minor, Op 20 Stephen Hough (piano)
Mazurka in A minor, Op 17 No 4 Murray Perahia (piano)
Producer Michael Surcombe Repeated Sunday 12 midnight

Contributors

Unknown:
Donald MacLeod
Piano:
Maria Joao Pires
Conductor:
Charles MacKerras
Piano:
Maurizio Pollini
Unknown:
Urszula Kryger
Piano:
Charles Spencer
Piano:
Stephen Hough
Producer:
Michael Surcombe
Source: Radio Times

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