Ravel's exquisite piano miniatures live from Wigmore Hall

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Mark Forrest begins a week of afternoons of specially recorded music including exclusive archive recordings of the late, great Alfred Brendel performing the Beethoven piano concertos in Germany. We broadcast these to mark what would have been the pianist's 95th birthday today. Also, in this piano preferenced programme, recent recordings from London of Prize winners from the 2024 Leeds International Piano Competition. Today we hear from pianist Khanh Nhi Luong - winner of the Lady Roslyn Lyons Medal and Third Prize at The Leeds - who performs Schubert's late Piano Sonata in A major. And we also hear from second-prize winner Junyan Chen, who performs Ravel's La Valse. As ever, we begin the week with a live music-making from Wigmore Hall. Current Radio 3 New Generation Artist, pianist Julius Asal, performs music by Brahms, Ravel and Franck. Wigmore Hall Live introduced from the hall by Andrew McGregor Johannes Brahms: 4 Ballades, Op.10 Maurice Ravel: Prélude Maurice Ravel: Menuet sur le nom d'Haydn Maurice Ravel: A la manière de ... Borodine César Franck: Prélude, choral et fugue *** From 2pm Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.1 in C, Op.15 Alfred Brendel (piano) Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Sir Colin Davis (conductor) Giovanni Stefano Carbonelli: Sonata No.6 in A major (3rd mvt: Aria con Variazioni se piace) Illyria Consort Grace Williams: Elegy for strings BBC Philharmonic Martyn Brabbins (conductor) Franz Schubert: Piano Sonata in A, D.664 Khanh Nhi Luong (piano) Maurice Ravel: La Valse Junyan Chen (piano) Joseph Haydn: Symphony No.64 in A, Hob.I:64 BBC National Orchestra of Wales Lesley Hatfield (director) To listen to this programme (using most smart speakers) just say "Ask BBC Sounds to play Classical Live".