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Grieg's Piano Concerto

Canadian pianist Jan Lisiecki plays Norway's best-known piece of music, and there's also music by Susan Spain-Dunk and Handel, as well as arrangements of Rossini.

Canadian pianist Jan Lisiecki plays Norway's best-known piece of music, and there's also music by Susan Spain-Dunk and Handel, as well as arrangements of Rossini.

Presented by Ian Skelly.

Edvard Grieg's only concerto, he was only 24 years old when he wrote it, but it soon became one of the most beloved of classical works. Young Canadian virtuoso Jan Lisiecki plays all the right notes, in the right order...

2.00pm
Susan Spain-Dunk
Overture: The Farmer’s Boy
Charlotte Ashton, flute
Â鶹Éç Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Stephen Bell, conductor

Canteloube
Chants d'Auvergne: Lou coucut; Baïlèro
Louise Alder, soprano
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Constantinos Carydis, conductor

Rossini/Britten
Soirees musicales
National Philharmonic Orchestra
Richard Bonynge, conductor

Handel
Trio Sonata in E minor, HWV.395
William Bennett & Trevor Wye, flutes
Denis Vigay, cello
George Malcolm, harpsichord

3.00pm
Grieg
Piano Concerto
Jan Lisiecki, piano
Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra
Alain Altinoglu, conductor

Coleridge-Taylor
Othello Suite [I. Dance, IV. The Willow Song, V. Military March]
Chineke Orchestra
Fawzi Haimor, conductor

Strauss
Rosenkavalier Suite
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Andris Nelsons, conductor

Bax
The Princess’s Rose Garden
Eric Parkin, piano

2 hours, 32 minutes

Last on

Fri 1 Mar 2024 14:00
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Music Played

  • Susan Spain-Dunk

    The Farmer's Boy

    Orchestra: Â鶹Éç Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Stephen Bell.

  • Joseph Canteloube

    Lou coucut; Baïlèro (Songs of the Auvergne)

    Singer: Louise Alder. Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Constantinos Carydis.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Piano Concerto in A minor

    Performer: Jan Lisiecki. Orchestra: Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Alain Altinoglu.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Arietta, No. 1 from 'Lyric Pieces, op. 12'

    Performer: Jan Lisiecki. Orchestra: Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Alain Altinoglu.

  • Benjamin Britten

    Soirées musicales, Op 9

    Orchestra: National Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Bonynge.
    • Rossini/Respighi: La Boutique Fantasque: National Philharmonic Orchestra/Bonynge.
    • Decca.
    • 2-6.

  • Gioachino Rossini

    Fantasy on William Tell (arranged by Frederic Chaslin)

    Performer: Ophélie Gaillard. Orchestra: Morphing Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Frédéric Chaslin.
    • Aparte.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Trio Sonata for 2 flutes and continuo in E minor HWV395

    Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields.
    • PHILIPS.

  • Clara Schumann

    Evening celebration in Venice (3 Part Songs)

    Choir: North German Radio Choir. Conductor: Philipp Ahmann.
    • Es-Dur.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Quintet in E flat major K.452 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Robert Levin. Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music Chamber Ensemble.
    • Mozart & Beethoven: Fortepiano Quintets.
    • Decca.
    • 1.

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Dance, The Willow Song, Military March (Othello Suite)

    Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Fawzi Haimor.
    • Decca.

  • Richard Strauss

    Suite from 'Der Rosenkavalier, op. 59'

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Andris Nelsons.

  • Arnold Bax

    The Princess's Rose Garden

    Performer: Eric Parkin.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Sinfonia in D Major

    Orchestra: Kammerorchester Basel. Conductor: Giovanni Antonini.
    • Alpha.

Broadcast

  • Fri 1 Mar 2024 14:00
    Â鶹Éç Radio 3