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Afternoon on 3: Chopin

Afternoon Concert: Chopin and His Influences: Episode 3

Episode 3

Chopin and His Influences

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, Chopin and His Influences, Episode 3

Jonathan Swain presents music by Chopin, Bartok, Liszt and Dvorak.

Jonathan Swain with music by Chopin and composers influenced by him. Chopin: Polonaise-Fantaisie; Rondo. Bartok: Miraculous Mandarin. Liszt: Piano Concerto. Dvorak: Symphony No 6.

Afternoon on 3 continues to focus on Chopin with another composer who was greatly influenced by him - Franz Liszt. His Piano Concerto in E flat major is performed by Kirill Gerstein with the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Marin Alsop. Plus there are more highlights from Warsaw's 2009 Chopin and his Europe Festival: Nikolai Lugansky and Vadim Rudenko play his Rondo for 2 Pianos, and Emanuel Ax performs the Polonaise-Fantasie Op.61. 

Presented by Jonathan Swain.

2pm
Chopin: Polonaise-Fantaisie in A flat major Op.61
Emanuel Ax (piano)

2.15pm
Bartok: Miraculous Mandarin - Suite
Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra
Marin Alsop (conductor)

2.35pm
Liszt: Piano Concerto no.1 in E flat major
Kirill Gerstein (piano)
Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra
Marin Alsop (conductor)

3pm
Dvorak: Symphony no.6 in D major
Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra
Marin Alsop (conductor)

3.45pm
Rondo for 2 Pianos Op.73
Nikolai Lugansky (piano)
Vadim Rudenko (piano).

Afternoon Concert: Chopin and His Influences

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Series featuring music by Chopin and some other composers who were influenced by him

Series featuring music by Chopin as well as some other composers who were influenced by him. With highlights from the 2009 Chopin and his Europe Festival

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