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Radio 3,06 Jan 2026,176 mins

Alfred Brendel plays Beethoven's 2nd piano concerto

Classical Live

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Mark Forrest continues his week of afternoons of specially recorded concert perfomances with exclusive archive recordings of the late, great Alfred Brendel playing the Beethoven piano concertos to mark what would have been the pianist's 95th birthday week. And Mark also casts an ear on the younger generation of international pianists with recent recital recordings by the three Prize winners of the Leeds International Piano Competition 2024. Today the Canadian pianist and First Prize winner Jaedan Isik-Dzurko plays Scriabin and Rachmaninov. Including: EJ Moeran: Rhapsody No.2 in E major BBC Philharmonic Robin Wallington (conductor) Maurice Ravel: Le tombeau de Couperin Junyan Chen (piano) Kristina Arakelyan: An ode to the world BBC Singers David Hill (conductor) Alexander Scriabin: Fantasie in B minor, Op.28 Jaedan Izik-Dzurko (piano) Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.2 in B flat, Op.19 Alfred Brendel (piano) Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Wolfgang Sawallisch (conductor) JS Bach: Cello Suite No.3 in C major, BWV1009 arr. for solo viola Antoine Tamestit (viola) Sergei Rachmaninov: 10 Preludes, Op.23 Jaedan Izik-Dzurko (piano) Antonin Dvorak: Serenade for strings in E, Op.22 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".

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  1. Track
    Artist
  2. 1.
    Rhapsody No 2
    Rhapsody No 2
    Ernest John Moeran
  3. 2.
    Le Tombeau de Couperin
    Le Tombeau de Couperin
    Maurice Ravel
  4. 3.
    An ode to the world
    An ode to the world
    Kristina Arakelyan