Discovering Music

The Chopin Experience: Chopin Ballades

Sunday 18 May 2008 17:00-18:30 (Radio 3)

Stephen Johnson is joined by pianist Cedric Tiberghien for an exploration of Chopin's Four Ballades and their possible hidden links to literature. With conductor and researcher Christopher Gayford, Stephen also looks at how we perceive musical structure and the impact this has on our appreciation of Chopin's music.

Part of Radio 3's The Chopin Experience.

Duration:

1 hour 30 minutes

How do we look at art and listen to music?

Stephen Johnson and Christopher Gayford visited the Whitworth Art Gallery in Manchester to look at this drawing:


Santa Maria del Rosario, Venice by Francesco Tironi

We can choose were we stand when we look at a painting and this affects our response; can we do something similar with a piece of music?

Playlist

Chopin: Ballades
Cedric Tiberghien Piano
Harmonia Mundi HMC 901943
Ballade No 1 Op. 23 Track 1
Ballade No 2 Op. 38 Track 2
Ballade No 3 Op. 47 Track 7
Ballade No 4 Op. 52 Track 8

Chopin: Barcarolle
Artur Rubinstein Piano
RCA Red Seal RD89911
Track 5

Discovering Music

Episode and Playlist Information

• 18 May 08 Chopin Ballades
• 11 May 08 Hary Janos
• 4 May 08 Gershwin's Piano Cto.
• 27 Apr 08 Schumann's 3rd Symph
• 20 Apr 08 The Serenade
• 13 Apr 08 The Serenade
• 6 April 08 Scriabin's World