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Sean Rafferty presents a selection of music and guests from the arts world.

The Chopin Experience - Radio 3 broadcasts

Chopin bust at the monastery at Valldemossa, Majorca

17-18 May 2008
The Chopin Experience
features every note Chopin wrote, alongside discussions and contributions from a wide range of pianists, fans and experts.

There will also be Chopin-related programmes broadcast in the lead-up to the weekend's celebrations.

Saturday's programmes
Sunday's programmes

Piano
Composer of the Week: 12-16 May

The perfect introduction to Chopin's tragic life story. Download the Chopin podcasts.

Sean Rafferty
In Tune: 16 May

'Chopin Salon' guests include pianist Ingrid Fliter, winner of the Silver Medal at the 2000 Warsaw Chopin Competition.


Saturday 17 May

Martin Handley
Breakfast 7am

Martin Handley presents music by Chopin alongside composers connected with him.

    Andrew McGregor
    CD Review 9am

    Andrew McGregor presents 'Interpreting Chopin' and features some new Chopin releases. In Building a Library Harriet Smith focuses on Chopin's 2nd Piano Sonata.

      Tom Service
      Music Matters 12.15pm

      Tom Service visits Poland to find out what impact the country's greatest musical export has had on the music scene there.

        Catherine Bott
        The Early Music Show 1pm

        Catherine Bott and pianist Peter Katin look at three very different keyboard instruments which are associated with Chopin and his circle.

          Ian Skelly
          Lord of the Dance 2pm

          Mazurkas, waltzes and polonaises - Ian Skelly introduces a selection of Chopin inspired by folk and dance rhythms.

            Lucy Duran
            World Routes 3pm

            Lucy Duran visits Poland to find out what's happening with bands who are exploring the folk music of Chopin's homeland. View the pictures.

            Claire Martin
            Jazz Line-Up 4pm

            Claire Martin explores how jazzers see Chopin with Jacques Loussier and a specially commissioned improvisation from Huw Warren.

            Tom Service
            Chopin Études 5pm

            Chopin's twenty-four études played in sequence by twenty-four different pianists. See the playlist

              Rob Cowan
              Rob's Chopin Salon 6pm

              Rob Cowan's salon includes contributions from Vladamir Ashkenazy, Tamás Vásáry and Chopin's biographer Adam Zamoyski.

                Sarah Walker
                The Chopin Experience 10pm

                Sarah Walker introduces great performances of the complete Nocturnes.


                  Sunday 18 May

                  Martin Handley
                  Breakfast 7am

                  Martin Handley presents a selection of Chopin alongside music by composers connected with him.

                    Iain Burnside
                    Iain Burnside 10am

                    Iain Burnside visits Paris to talk to Jean-Yves Thibaudet and explore the legacy of Chopin, one of his greatest predecessors.

                      Michael Berkeley
                      Private Passions 12pm

                      A special edition in which Michael Berkeley plays Chopin pieces that guests have chosen on previous programmes.

                        Sarah Walker
                        The Chopin Experience 1pm

                        Nikolai Demidenko performs Chopin's 24 Preludes and talks to Sarah Walker, who also visits Majorca where Chopin and George Sand lived for one cold winter. View the Majorca gallery.

                          Stephen Johnson
                          Discovering Music 5pm

                          In conversation with pianist Cedric Tiberghien, Stephen Johnson explores the Four Ballades, followed by a complete performance.

                            Rob Cowan
                            The Chopin Experience 6.30pm

                            Rob Cowan and Tom Service discuss Chopin's last years, rounding off the weekend with archive music and listeners' thoughts. View images of Chopin's Death Mask.


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