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Edinburgh International Festival: 2018 Queen's Hall Series

Edinburgh International Festival: 2018 Queen's Hall Series: Ronald Brautigam

Ronald Brautigam

13/08/2018

2018 Queen's Hall Series

BBC Radio 3 - Edinburgh International Festival, 2018 Queen's Hall Series, Ronald Brautigam

Fortepianist Ronald Brautigam performs Chopin and Mendelssohn live from the Queen's Hall.

Internationally celebrated fortepianist Ronald Brautigam plays works by Chopin and Mendelssohn, broadcast live from the Queen's Hall, Edinburgh.

Live from the Queen's Hall in Edinburgh, internationally celebrated musician Ronald Brautigam brings his characteristically fresh interpretations to the fortepiano . Using an instrument authentic to the period the works were composed in, Brautigam performs a selection of Chopin's last major compositions, alongside works by Mendelssohn, including his sparkling Rondo Capriccioso and a set of Variations written to raise funds for a statue of Beethoven in Bonn.

Mendelssohn: Rondo Capriccioso Op. 14
Chopin: Scherzo no. 2 in B-flat minor Op. 31
Chopin: 2 Nocturnes, Op. 27 
Mendelssohn: Variations Sérieuses, Op. 54
11:45
INTERVAL: Strauss, R: Vier letzte Lieder, No's 2, 3 and 4. 
Dorothea Röschmann (soprano), Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor)
12:05
Mendelssohn: 6 Songs without Words, Op. 19
Chopin: Barcarolle, Op. 60
Chopin: Berceuse, Op. 57
Chopin: Polonaise-Fantaisie, Op. 61

Ronald Brautigam (Fortepiano) 



Presenter: Donald Macleod
Producer: Laura Metcalfe.

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Concerts from the Queen's Hall in Edinburgh at the 2018 Edinburgh International Festival.

Concerts given at the Queen's Hall in Edinburgh as part of the 2018 Edinburgh International Festival.

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