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Presented by Petroc Trelawny.
Chinese virtuoso pianist Yundi broke on the international scene ten years ago after winning the prestigious Chopin Competition in Warsaw at the age of 18. Since then he's mesmerised audiences around the world with his sensitivity and beautiful sound, particularly when rendering the Polish composer's music. In this recital at the Royal Festival Hall in London, marking 200 years of Chopin's birth, Yundi includes a selection of nocturnes and mazurkas, as well as the renowned Andante Spianato et Grande Polonaise and the Second Piano Sonata.

CHOPIN: Five Nocturnes: Op.9 no.1 & no.2; Op.15 no.2; Op.27 no.2 & Op.48 no.1
CHOPIN: Andante Spianato et Grande Polonaise Brillante, Op. 22
CHOPIN: Four Mazurkas Op. 33
CHOPIN: Piano Sonata no.2 in B-flat minor, Op. 35
CHOPIN: Polonaise in A-flat major 'Heroic', op.53

Encores:
Liszt – Schumann: Widmung
Chinese Folk Song

Yundi, piano

Followed by a focus this week on great Chopin pianists. Today, to make a mouth-watering comparison, we feature Lang Lang, another Chinese artist critically-acclaimed abroad for his technical prowess and his deep poetry. He plays, among other things, the Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58 (Finale: Presto ma non tanto).

CHOPIN: Finale of Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58
Lang Lang (piano)

CHOPIN: Polonaise-Fantaisie in A-flat major, Op. 61
Fou Ts’ong (piano)

CHOPIN: Ballade No. 4 in F minor, Op. 52
Evgeny Kissin (piano)