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Edinburgh International Festival

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Edinburgh International Festival: 2017 Queen's Hall Series

Edinburgh International Festival: 2017 Queen's Hall Series: Episode 4: Mikhail Pletnev, piano

Episode 4

Episode 4: Mikhail Pletnev, piano

2017 Queen's Hall Series

Mikhail Pletnev, piano

BBC Radio 3 - Edinburgh International Festival, 2017 Queen's Hall Series, Mikhail Pletnev, piano

Russian pianist Mikhail Pletnev returns to the Festival with a feast of solo Rachmaninov.

Russian pianist and conductor Mikhail Pletnev makes a welcome return to the Festival as recitalist with a feast of Rachmaninov's works for solo piano.

More frequently appearing as a conductor during the Festival with the Russian National Orchestra which he founded, the great Russian pianist Mikhail Pletnev makes a welcome return to the Festival this year as recitalist with a feast of Rachmaninov's works for solo piano.

Rachmaninov
Morceaux de fantaisie, Op 3 (No 2, Prelude; No 1, Elégie; No 4, Pulcinella)
Morceaux de salon, Op 10 (No 3, Barcarolle in G minor; No 5, Humoresque in G major)
Prelude in B flat major, Op 23 No 2, 'Maestoso'
Prelude in D major, Op 23 No 4, 'Andante Cantabile'
Prelude in C minor, Op 23 No 7, 'Allegro'
Prelude in C minor, Op 23 No 6
Prelude in G minor, Op 23 No 5, 'Alla marcia'
Prelude in A minor, Op 32 No 8
Prelude in G sharp minor, Op 32 No 12 
Etude-tableau in C minor, Op 39 No 7

c. 11.55 INTERVAL: Gringolts Quartet perform the first three movements from Schumann's String Quartet no.1 in A minor Op.41 no.1

c.12.15
Rachmaninov: Piano Sonata No 1 in D minor, Op 28

Mikhail Pletnev, piano

Producer: Gavin McCollum
Presenter: Kate Molleson.

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Concerts from the Queen's Hall in Edinburgh for the 2017 Edinburgh International Festival.

Concerts given at the Queen's Hall in Edinburgh as part of the 2017 Edinburgh International Festival

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