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Radio 3 Live in Concert: Lang Lang, Repin and Maisky at the Royal Festival Hall

Lang Lang, Repin and Maisky at the Royal Festival Hall

19/05/2011

BBC Radio 3 - Radio 3 Live in Concert, Lang Lang, Repin and Maisky at the Royal Festival Hall

Lang Lang, Vadim Repin, Mischa Maisky perform Rachmaninov, Mendelssohn and Tchaikovsky.

Recital by Lang Lang (piano), Vadim Repin (violin) and Mischa Maisky (cello). Rachmaninov: Trio elegiaque No 1. Mendelssohn: Piano Trio No 1. Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio in A minor.

Live from the Royal Festival Hall in London

Presented by Andrew McGregor

A rare chance to hear Chinese virtuoso Lang Lang performing chamber music with two other big stars, violinst Vadim Repin and cellist Mischa Maisky. The concert opens with the single-movement Trio élégiaque No 1 by Rachmaninov, which he wrote when he was only 19. Then, Mendelssohn's Trio No. 1 in D minor, one of the composer's best loved chamber masterworks, and after the break, Tchaikovsky's Trio in A minor, a piece composed 'In memory of a great artist', the composer's mentor and friend Nikolai Rubinstein.

Rachmaninov: Trio élégiaque No.1 in G minor
Mendelssohn: Piano Trio No.1 in D minor, Op.49

8.20 Interval Music
Andrew McGregor recommends solo recordings by tonight's performers

8.40 
Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio in A minor, Op.50

Lang Lang (piano)
Vadim Repin (violin)
Mischa Maisky (cello).

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