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Radio 3,21 Jan 2026,360 mins

Bruce Liu plays Tchaikovsky, Scriabin and Prokofiev

Through the Night

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Bruce Liu has taken the world by storm since winning the International Chopin Piano Competition in 2021. In this recital, he delivers an exquisite performance of Tchaikovsky's Seasons, plus works by Scriabin and Prokofiev. Penny Gore presents. 12:31 AM Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) Excerpts from 'The Seasons, Op 37b' Bruce Liu (piano) 12:54 AM Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893), arr. Earl Wild Dance of the Four Swans, from 'Swan Lake' Bruce Liu (piano) 12:56 AM Alexander Scriabin (1871-1915) Piano Sonata no 4 in F sharp minor, Op 30 Bruce Liu (piano) 01:04 AM Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) Excerpts from 'The Seasons, Op 37b' Bruce Liu (piano) 01:25 AM Sergey Prokofiev (1891-1953) Piano Sonata no 7 in B flat, Op 83 Bruce Liu (piano) 01:46 AM Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849) Waltz in A minor, Op Posth. Bruce Liu (piano) 01:49 AM Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849) Fantaisie-Impromptu in C sharp minor, Op 66 Bruce Liu (piano) 01:54 AM Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764) Les Cyclopes, from 'Pièces de clavecin' Bruce Liu (piano) 01:57 AM Robert Schumann (1810-1856) Von fremden Ländern und Menschen, from 'Kinderszenen, Op 15' Bruce Liu (piano) 02:00 AM Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) Suite no 4 in G major, Op 61, 'Mozartiana' Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, Kazuhiro Koizumi (conductor) 02:24 AM Matias Juan de Veana (1656-1707) Ay amor que dulce tirano Olga Pitarch (soprano), Accentus Austria, Thomas Wimmer (director) 02:31 AM Jan Dismas Zelenka (1679-1745) Te Deum in D major, ZWV 146 Martina Janková (soprano), Isabel Jantschek (soprano), Wiebke Lehmkuhl (contralto), Krystian Adam Krzeszowiak (tenor), Felix Rumpf (bass), Dresdner Kammerchor, Wroclaw Baroque Orchestra, Václav Luks (conductor) 03:00 AM Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Quintet in E flat major K.452 for piano, oboe, clarinet, bassoon and horn Leif Ove Andsnes (piano), Albrecht Mayer (oboe), Kari Kriikku (clarinet), Per Hannisdahl (bassoon), Jonathan Williams (horn) 03:23 AM Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) Le Tombeau de Couperin Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Antoni Ros-Marbà (conductor) 03:42 AM Franz Schubert (1797-1828) Die Forelle; Nacht und Träume; Der Musensohn Barbara Hendricks (soprano), Leif Ove Andsnes (piano) 03:50 AM Ilmari Hannikainen (1892-1955) Rural Dances, Op 39a Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Petri Sakari (conductor) 04:05 AM Luigi Boccherini (1743-1805) Minuet (from String Quintet G275) Varazdin Chamber Orchestra, David Geringas (conductor) 04:09 AM Percy Grainger (1882-1961) O Danny Boy or Irish tune from County Derry Edmonton Wind Ensemble, Harry Pinchin (conductor) 04:14 AM Isaac Albéniz (1860-1909) Cuba (Suite espanola no 1, Op 47 no 8) Tomaž Rajterič (guitar) 04:20 AM Arvo Pärt (b.1935) Spiegel im Spiegel Morten Carlsen (viola), Sergej Osadchuk (piano) 04:27 AM Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849) Waltz for piano (Op.64 No.1) in D flat major 'Minute' Ingrid Fliter (piano) 04:31 AM Imant Raminsh (b.1943) Put vejini for mixed chorus Kamer Youth Chorus, Māris Sirmais (director) 04:35 AM Rosario Bourdon (1885-1961) Elegiac poem for cello and orchestra Alain Aubut (cello), Orchestre Métropolitain, Gilles Auger (conductor) 04:41 AM Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) Sonatine, arr. flute, bassoon and harp Andrea Kollé (flute), Maria Wildhaber (bassoon), Sarah Verrue (harp) 04:53 AM Robert Schumann (1810-1856) Arabeske for piano in C major, Op 18 Seung-Hee Kim (piano) 05:00 AM Barbara Strozzi (1619-1677) Hor che Apollo - Serenade for soprano, 2 violins & continuo Susanne Ryden (soprano), Musica Fiorita, Daniela Dolci (director) 05:13 AM Jānis Mediņš (1890-1966) Flower Waltz - from the ballet 'Victory of Love' Liepāja Symphony Orchestra, Imants Resnis (conductor) 05:19 AM Anonymous Folias de Espana Komalé Akakpo (cimbalom) 05:26 AM Granville Bantock (1868-1946) Celtic symphony BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sakari Oramo (conductor) 05:47 AM Louis Spohr (1784-1859) Nonet in F major, Op 31 Kyoko Ogawa (violin), Anne Sophie Van Riel (viola), Alexander Arai-Swale (double bass), Hyunjung Song (oboe), Carlotta Brendel (bassoon), Zuzanna Szambelan (cello), Ronja Macholdt (flute), Astrid den Daas (clarinet), Pauline Zahno (horn) 06:15 AM Gustav Holst (1874-1934) St Paul's Suite, Op 29 no 2 Seoul Chamber Orchestra, Yong-Yun Kim (conductor)

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  1. Track
    Artist
  2. 1.
    Excerpts from 'The Seasons, Op 37b'
    Excerpts from 'The Seasons, Op 37b'
    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  3. 2.
    Dance of the Four Swans, from 'Swan Lake'
    Dance of the Four Swans, from 'Swan Lake'
    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  4. 3.
    Piano Sonata no 4 in F sharp minor, Op 30
    Piano Sonata no 4 in F sharp minor, Op 30
    Alexander Scriabin