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Soul Music: Series 13: Rachmaninov, 2nd Piano Concerto

Rachmaninov, 2nd Piano Concerto

Series 13

BBC Radio 4 - Soul Music, Series 13, Rachmaninov, 2nd Piano Concerto

Exploration of how Rachmaninov's Second Piano Concerto touches and changes people's lives.

People from around the world describe how Rachmaninov's 2nd Piano Concerto has touched and shaped their lives. From 2012.

Rachmaninov's 2nd Piano Concerto - famously featured in David Lean's film "Brief Encounter" - is one of the world's most popular pieces of classical music. 

Some of its fans describe the way in which it has touched and shaped their lives. 

Featuring a pianist from Taiwan whose memories of a repressive childhood were dispelled by the emotions contained within this music. 

Plus a story from an acclaimed pianist from Argentina who was told she would never play the piano again after a serious car accident, but who has recently performed this piece in New York. 

And finally an account of the place that this piece of passionate and heartfelt music played in the life of John Peel and his family, told by his wife Sheila Ravenscroft. 

The concerto is also given historical and musical context by pianists Peter Donohoe and Howard Shelley.

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Producer: Rosie Boulton.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2012.

Soul Music: Series 13

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