Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

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Live and recorded concerts from all over the UK. Includes the Wigmore chamber music series

Live and recorded concerts from all over the United Kingdom. Also includes the flagship Wigmore chamber music series.

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Chopin and his Europe

Chopin and his Europe

BBC Radio 3 - Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert, Chopin and his Europe

Chamber music from the Warsaw 'Chopin and his Europe' International Music Festival 2021.

Chopin and his Europe: Chopin and Bach from the pianist Yulianna Avdeeva and Szymanowski from the remarkable young violinist Bomsori Kim and pianist Rafal Blechacz.

Chopin and his Europe: Sarah Walker begins this week's series of performances recorded last summer at Poland's month-long music festival. On the bill today are pianists Yulianna Avdeeva and Rafal Blechacz, former winners of the Chopin Competition as well as the remarkable young Korean violinist, Bomsori Kim. Later in the week there's more from them and also performances from Angela Hewett, Alexander Melnikov and the Belcea Quartet in music by Mozart, Berlioz and Mieczysław Weinberg.   

Chopin: Polonaise-Fantaisie in A flat, op. 61
Yulianna Avdeeva (piano)

Szymanowski: Violin Sonata in d minor, op. 9
Bomsori Kim (violin) and Rafał Blechacz (piano)

Bach: Partita No. 2 In C minor, BWV 826
Yulianna Avdeeva (piano)

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