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Edinburgh International Festival

Music: Classical

Ronald Brautigam, Esther Hoppe & Christian Poltéra

Series of broadcasts from the Edinburgh International Festival

Edinburgh International Festival: 2016 Queen's Hall Series

Edinburgh International Festival: 2016 Queen's Hall Series: Episode 3: George Li

2015 Queen's Hall Series

Episode 3

Episode 3: George Li

2016 Queen's Hall Series

George Li

BBC Radio 3 - Edinburgh International Festival, 2016 Queen's Hall Series, George Li

George Li (piano) performs music by Haydn, Chopin, Rachmaninov and Liszt.

With George Li (piano). Haydn: Piano Sonata in B minor. Chopin: Piano Sonata No 2. Rachmaninov: Variations on a Theme of Corelli. Liszt: Consolation No 3; Hungarian Rhapsody No 2.

The brilliant young American pianist George Li makes his debut at the Edinburgh International Festival. He was declared a prodigy, performing in public from an early age and making his debut at Carnegie Hall at 11. He went on to win the silver medal at the Tchaikovsky Competition in 2015 and has been praised both for his lyricism and his virtuosity. He combines a programme featuring both at the Edinburgh International Festival with Chopin's tragic 'Funeral March' sonata, Rachmaninov's well-loved and often played Variations on a Theme of Corelli and two virtuoso masterworks by Liszt.

Haydn: Piano Sonata in B minor, H.16.32 
Chopin: Piano Sonata No 2 in B flat minor, 'Funeral March'

11.45 Interval

From their 20th-anniversary celebrations CD, the Australian Chamber Orchestra perform two contrasting works: Tchaikovsky's sunny Souvenir de Florence and Sculthorpe's Irkanda IV for solo violin, percussion and strings. Irkanda is an Australian aboriginal word meaning a remote and lonely place and was written as a response to the death of the composer's father.

Rachmaninov: Variations on a Theme of Corelli
Liszt: Consolation No 3 in D flat
Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No 2 in C sharp minor

George Li, piano

Presenter: Donald Macleod
Producer: Lindsay Pell.

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Concerts from the Queen's Hall in Edinburgh for the 2016 Edinburgh International Festival.

Concerts given at the Queen's Hall in Edinburgh as part of the 2016 Edinburgh International Festival

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