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Rachmaninov's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini

Sara Mohr-Pietsch traces a path towards Rachmaninov's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, a single-movement work for piano and orchestra, based on one of Paganini's Violin Caprices.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch traces a path towards Rachmaninov's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, a single-movement work for piano and orchestra, based on one of Paganini's Caprices for solo violin. On the way, we hear other rhapsodies by Gershwin and Brahms, sets of variations by Handel and Elgar,and music inspired by lakes.

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1 hour, 29 minutes

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Sun 28 Dec 202513:30
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Niccolò Paganini

    Caprice no.24 in A minor: Theme & Variations

    Performer: María Dueñas.
    • Deutsche Gammophon.

  • Niccolò Paganini

    Caprice XXIV

    Ensemble: Benny Goodman and His Orchestra.
    • Jazz Heritage Society.

  • George Frideric Handel

    The Harmonious Blacksmith (from Keyboard Suite in E)

    Ensemble: Red Priest.
    • Red Priest Records.

  • Edward Elgar

    Enigma Variations: Nimrod

    Ensemble: Black Dyke Band.
    • Doyen.

  • Clara Schumann

    Variations on a Theme of Robert Schumann op.20: Variation no.7

    Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor.
    • Decca.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Alto Rhapsody

    Singer: Janet Baker. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Choir: London Philharmonic Choir. Conductor: Adrian Boult.
    • Warner Classics.

  • George Gershwin

    Rhapsody in Blue

    Music Arranger: Duke Ellington. Ensemble: Duke Ellington Big Band.
    • Rhino Atlantic.

  • Elena Kats‐Chernin

    Eliza's Aria from Wild Swans Suite

    Orchestra: Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ola Rudner.
    • ABC.

  • Jennifer Higdon

    String Lake (from All Things Majestic)

    Orchestra: Nashville Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Giancarlo Guerrero.
    • Naxos.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Contrapunctus Inversus 13B (Kunst der Fuge)

    Ensemble: Hespèrion XXI. Conductor: Jordi Savall.
    • Alia Vox.

  • Barbara Strozzi

    Che si puo fare

    Singer: Céline Scheen. Ensemble: L’Arpeggiata. Conductor: Christina Pluhar.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini

    Performer: Nikolai Lugansky. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
    • Warner.

Broadcast

  • Sun 28 Dec 202513:30
    BBC Radio 3