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Radio 3 Live in Concert: Live from Reid Hall, Edinburgh: Episode 2: Rzewski

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Episode 2: Rzewski

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Igor Levit (piano) performs Rzewski's work Let the People United Never be Defeated.

From Reid Hall, Edinburgh, Tom Redmond presents the conclusion of a solo piano recital by Igor Levit. Rzewski: Let the People United Never be Defeated.

Live from Reid Hall, Edinburgh

Presented by Tom Redmond

BBC New Generation Artist, the Russian-German pianist Igor Levit, plays Debussy, Brahms and Rzewski's exhilarating set of variations 'Let the People United Never be Defeated'.

Rzewski: Let the People United Never be Defeated


BBC New Generation Artist, the Russian-German pianist Igor Levit, plays Debussy's atmospheric 6 Épigraphes antiques and Brahms' Study no.5 in D minor for the left hand after Bach's Chaconne. He concludes his programme with Rzewski's exhilarating set of variations 'Let the People United Never be Defeated', based on a Chilean protest song and likened to a twentieth-century 'Diabelli' Variations.

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Tom Redmond presents a solo recital performed by Russian pianist Igor Levit

Tom Redmond presents a solo recital performed by Russian pianist and Radio 3 New Generation Artist Igor Levit

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