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LSO St Luke's: Basically Beethoven (3/4)

Star pianists Pavel Kolesnikov and Samson Tsoy share duets and variations by Beethoven and Schubert.

Hannah French continues the week of Lunchtime Concerts in the Basically Beethoven series, recorded at LSO St Luke's in London last month.

Today the star pianists, and great friends, Pavel Kolesnikov and Samson Tsoy play a programme of duets and musical variations, starting and ending with two sets by Beethoven. These duos were written to be played by music-lovers at home, and are full of imaginative playfulness. The programme includes variations by Britten for solo piano, and by Schubert for piano duet.

Beethoven:
Six Variations on the Song ‘Ich denke dein’

Britten:
Twelve Variations
(Pavel Kolesnikov, solo piano)

Beethoven:
Sonata in E major Op 109
(Samson Tsoy, solo piano)

Schubert:
Andantino varié in B minor

Beethoven:
Eight Variations on a Theme by Count Waldstein

Pavel Kolesnikov, piano
Samson Tsoy, piano

57 minutes

Music Played

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    6 Variations on the Song "Ich denke dein", WoO.7

    Performer: Pavel Kolesnikov. Performer: Samson Tsoy.
  • Benjamin Britten

    12 Variations

    Performer: Pavel Kolesnikov.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Sonata in E major, Op.109 (final mvt in variation form)

    Performer: Samson Tsoy.
  • Franz Schubert

    Andantino varie, D.823

    Performer: Pavel Kolesnikov. Performer: Samson Tsoy.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    8 Variations on a theme by Count Waldstein, WoO.67

    Performer: Pavel Kolesnikov. Performer: Samson Tsoy.

Broadcast

  • Thu 23 Feb 2023 13:00