Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

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Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Wigmore Hall Lunchtimes: Aleksey Semenenko and Inna Firsova

Wigmore Monday Lunchtimes: Aleksey Semenenko and Inna Firsova

Wigmore Hall Lunchtimes: Aleksey Semenenko and Inna Firsova

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From Wigmore Hall, London. violinist Aleksey Semenenko plays Grieg and Tchaikovsky.

From Wigmore Hall, London. Aleksey Semenenko in his 2018 hall debut in violin sonatas by Grieg and Ysaye along with some miniatures by Tchaikovsky and Paganini.

Aleksey Semenenko at Wigmore Hall in 2018 plays violin sonatas by Grieg and Ysaÿe along with some miniatures by Tchaikovsky and Paganini. The Ukrainian violinist and at the time a Radio 3 New Generation Artist brings his silvery tone and dazzling technique to London in his Wigmore Hall debut. 
Introduced by Fiona Talkington.   

Grieg: Violin Sonata No. 3 in C minor, Op. 45
Ysaÿe: Violin Sonata in D minor, Op. 27 No. 3, 'George Enescu'
Debussy: La plus que lente
Tchaikovsky: Valse-scherzo Op. 34
Paganini: La Campanella

Aleksey Semenenko (violin)
Inna Firsova (piano)

Belgian violinist Eugène Ysaÿe’s solo sonatas are among the summits of the repertoire, the third both rhapsodic and gripping. The Ukrainian violinist Aleksey Semenenko, who is a BBC New Generation Artist, follows with three lighter pieces, including the ‘even slower’ waltz by Ysaÿe’s friend and adherent Debussy.

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