Radio 3's Big Chamber Weekend at Cedars Hall, Wells - Towards the Revolution
The Symbolist pictures of Prokofiev's Vision Fugitives, luminous Scriabin, and Rachmaninov's 1902 Variations on a Theme of Chopin.
This week's Lunchtime Concerts were recorded at Radio 3's Big Chamber Weekend at Cedars Hall at Wells Cathedral School in September 2017, where Russian pianist Alexander Melnikov curated a weekend of short concerts to mark the centenary of the Russian Revolution. Today, the Symbolist pictures of Prokofiev's Vision Fugitives, luminous Scriabin, and Rachmaninov's 1902 Variations on a Theme of Chopin.
Prokofiev: Visions fugitives, Op. 22
Scriabin: Vers la flame
Rachmaninov: Variations on a Theme by Chopin Op. 22
Alexander Melnikov (piano)
Produced by Dominic Jewel for 大象传媒 Wales.
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Breaking Free: A Century of Russian Culture
大象传媒 Radio 3's exploration of the 1917 Russian Revolution and its cultural reverberations.
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Sergey Prokofiev
Visions Fugitives Op.22
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Alexander Scriabin
Vers La Flamme Op.72
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Sergey Rachmaninov
Variations on a Theme of Chopin Op.22
Performer: Alexander Melnikov.
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- Tue 14 Nov 2017 13:00大象传媒 Radio 3