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Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Edinburgh International Festival 2021: Elisabeth Leonskaja

Elisabeth Leonskaja

Edinburgh International Festival 2021

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Elisabeth Leonskaja plays Schubert, Schoenberg and Brahms.

The Edinburgh International Festival welcomes back legendary pianist Elisabeth Leonskaja to perform works by Schubert, Schoenberg and Brahms. She begins her recital with Schubert's lyrical Allegretto from 3 Piano Pieces, D.946. In 1911, Arnold Schoenberg longed to move away from the large-scale, dense works that had been occupying him. Freed from these constraints and excited by their brevity, he set aside February 9th as a 'day off' to compose five of these musical epigrams. In contrast to these miniatures, Leonskaja ends her festival programme in symphonic style with Brahms's five-movement Sonata in F minor, inspired by Beethoven’s Fifth.

Schubert: No.2 from 3 Piano Pieces D.946 (Allegretto in E-flat major)
Schoenberg: Six Piano Pieces Op.19
Brahms: Sonata in F minor Op.5

Elisabeth Leonskaja, piano

Presenter: Donald Macleod
Producer: Gavin McCollum

Photo Credit: Julia Wesely

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Edinburgh International Festival 2021

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