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Live and recorded concerts from all over the UK. Includes the Wigmore chamber music series

Live and recorded concerts from all over the United Kingdom. Also includes the flagship Wigmore chamber music series.

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Russian Romantics

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Russian Romantics: Episode 1: Nikolai Demidenko

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Episode 1

Episode 1: Nikolai Demidenko

Russian Romantics

Nikolai Demidenko

BBC Radio 3 - Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert, Russian Romantics, Nikolai Demidenko

Nikolai Demidenko (piano) performs music by Glinka, Blumenfeld, Medtner and Mussorgsky.

Nikolai Demidenko performs at LSO St Luke's, London. Glinka: Notturno in F minor. Blumenfeld: Notturno-Fantasia in E. Medtner: 2 Fairy Tales. Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition.

Nikolai Demidenko launches 'Russian Romantics', a week of romantic Russian piano music recorded at LSO St Luke's in London. His evocative recital pairs Russian nocturnes and fairy tales by Glinka, Blumenfeld and Medtner with Mussorgsky's iconic tour of 'Pictures at an Exhibition'.

Glinka
Notturno in F minor, 'La Séparation'

Blumenfeld
Notturno-Fantasia in E major, Op 20

Medtner
2 Fairy Tales, Op 20 No 2 & Op 26 No 3

Mussorgsky
Pictures at an Exhibition

Nikolai Demidenko (piano).

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Romantic Russian piano music recorded at LSO St Luke's in London

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