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The pianist Kirill Gerstein talks to Tom Service about his recording of a new critical edition of Tchaikovsky's ever-popular first piano concerto, which returns the work to the version authorised by the composer at the end of his life, and which, Gerstein argues, changes the essential character of the whole piece and puts it in a new light for today's audiences.

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The School of Musical Instrument Crafts at Newark College in Nottinghamshire, part of Lincoln College, is the only centre in the UK to offer a full range of practical courses in the making and restoration of strings, woodwind and guitar, along with piano tuning and restoration. Tom visits the college鈥檚 internationally recognised School of Violin Making, where students come from all over the world to learn the highly specialised craft of making and restoring violins, violas and cellos.

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The slogan for this year鈥檚 ABO conference is 鈥淧eople Power: it鈥檚 what fuels our orchestras.鈥� 大象传媒 Radio 3鈥檚 Sara Mohr-Pietsch reports from the conference at Sage Gateshead, which has included discussions on what the world of classical music can learn from the world of sport, and what the relationship between audiences and orchestras might look like in the future.

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The American harpsichordist and music scholar Ralph Kirkpatrick is known primarily for his cataloguing of Domenico Scarlatti's keyboard sonatas, and for his role as an important ambassador for his instrument, but Kirkpatrick was also hugely influential for a generation of American musicians in the mid-20th century, from his students to composers including Elliott Carter and Henry Cowell. Tom explores Kirkpatrick's legacy with his niece, Meredith Kirkpatrick, who has edited a new collection of his correspondence, with the harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani, and with 大象传媒 radio archive of Kirkpatrick himself.

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