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Elisabeth Leonskaja plays Chopin

Edinburgh International Festival Queen's Hall Series

A programme of Chopin from celebrated pianist Elisabeth Leonskaja at the 2009 Edinburgh International Festival.

Every weekday for three weeks, Radio 3 broadcasts one of the stand-out concerts from the live Queen鈥檚 Hall recital series over the years. Today Donald Macleod introduces the first of these, with celebrated pianist Elisabeth Leonskaja in recital from 2009. It鈥檚 an all-Chopin programme of nocturnes, ballades and a polonaise. Before the interval we鈥檒l also hear Chopin鈥檚 Second Piano Sonata in B flat minor, with its funeral march third movement, originally written as an separate work.

Chopin: Nocturne in E flat major Op 55 No 2
Chopin: Sonata No 2 in B flat minor Op 35
Chopin: Nocturne in F minor Op 55 No 1
Chopin: Ballade in F major Op 38 No 2

INTERVAL: Beethoven: "Gassenhauer" Piano Trio in B flat major, Op 11, played by Eduard Brunner (clarinet), Wolfgang Boettcher (cello), Elisabeth Leonskaja (piano)

Chopin: Ballade No 3 in A flat major Op 47
Chopin: Nocturne in C minor Op 48 No. 1
Chopin: Nocturne in F sharp minor Op 48 No. 2
Chopin: Polonaise-Fantasy in A flat major Op 61
Chopin Waltz in C sharp minor Op 64 No 2
Chopin Nocturne in D flat major Op 27 No 2

Elisabeth Leonskaja, piano

1 hour, 59 minutes

Last on

Mon 10 Aug 2020 11:00
大象传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Nocturne Op 55 No 2 in E flat major

    Performer: Elisabeth Leonskaja.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Sonata No 2 in B flat major

    Performer: Elisabeth Leonskaja.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Nocturne Op.55 No 1 in F minor

    Performer: Elisabeth Leonskaja.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Ballade No 2 in F

    Performer: Elisabeth Leonskaja.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Trio in B-Flat Maj Op. 11 "Gassenhauer"

    Performer: Elisabeth Leonskaja. Performer: Eduard Brunner. Performer: Wolfgang Boettcher.
    • Beethoven: Piano Trio, Op. 11 'Gassenhauer' & 3 Duets for Clarinet & Bassoon, Wo.
    • Tudor.
    • 1.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Ballade No 3 in A flat

    Performer: Elisabeth Leonskaja.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Nocturnes Op 48 No 1 in C minor

    Performer: Elisabeth Leonskaja.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Nocturnes Op 48 No 2 in F sharp minor

    Performer: Elisabeth Leonskaja.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Polonaise-fantaisie in A flat

    Performer: Elisabeth Leonskaja.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Waltz in C sharp minor Op 64 No 2

    Performer: Elisabeth Leonskaja.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Nocturne Op 27 No 2 in D flat major

    Performer: Elisabeth Leonskaja.

Broadcast

  • Mon 10 Aug 2020 11:00
    大象传媒 Radio 3