大象传媒

Presented by Petroc Trelawny.
From the Bridgewater Hall in Manchester, the Halle under conductor Mark Elder, with Spring Fire, Sir Arnold Bax's colourful tone poem inspired by pagan legends; Chopin's Second Piano Concerto with soloist Polina Leschenko -a veritable tour-de-force-, and Sibelius' 7th Symphony, the composer's last and profound statement in a genre he made entirely his own.

BAX: Spring Fire
CHOPIN: Piano Concerto No.2 in F minor, Op. 21
SIBELIUS: Symphony No.7 in C major, Op. 105

The Halle
Sir Mark Elder, conductor
Polina Leschenko, pianist

Followed by a focus this week on great Chopin pianists, old and new:

Chopin: Barcarolle in F-sharp major, Op. 60
Krystian Zimerman, piano

Chopin: Scherzo No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 31
Maurizio Pollini, piano

Chopin: Mazurka in C major, Op. 24 No. 2
Krysitian Zimerman, piano,

Chopin: Nocturne in E minor, Op. post. 72, No. 1
Maurizio Pollini, piano