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Radio 3 in Concert: The Enigma Variations from Frankfurt

The Enigma Variations from Frankfurt

BBC Radio 3 - Radio 3 in Concert, The Enigma Variations from Frankfurt

Bach, Elgar and Fazil Say, played by the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra.

The Frankfurt RSO, conducted by Alain Altinoglu, play Elgar’s Enigma Variations and a work by Fazil Say, who also joins them in Bach’s Concerto for Two Pianos BWV 1062.

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The Frankfurt RSO, conducted by Alain Altinoglu, play Elgar’s Enigma Variations and a work by Fazil Say, who also joins them in Bach’s Concerto for Two Pianos BWV 1062. 


Bach: Concerto for Two Pianos BWV 1062
Fazil Say: Concerto for Two Trumpets
Bach, orch. Elgar: Fantasy and Fugue in C minor, BWV 537
Elgar: Enigma Variations, op. 36 	

Gábor Boldoczki, trumpet
Sergei Nakariakov, trumpet
Fazil Say, piano
Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra
Alain Altinoglu, conductor and piano

A concerto for two trumpets - and for two trumpeters who belong to the best of their kind. "I geared the concert entirely to their virtuoso abilities," says Fazil Say, who will also be performing as a pianist himself, along with the orchestra’s chief conductor. Together, they play the Bach concerto BWV 1062.

Edward Elgar's orchestration of Bach's famous Organ Fantasy and Fugue in C minor presents it in a late-Romantic, sumptuous sound. His "Enigma Variations" are subtle puzzle pieces, pointed character drawings of his friends and always with a refreshing tonal sophistication.

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