成人快手

From the Ulster Hall in Belfast, the Ulster Orchestra and conductor Michal Dworzynski with a concert from their cycle Chopin @ 200, celebrating the 200th anniversary of the composer's birth, this time with a strong Russian flavour. The repertoire, which alternates orchestral pieces with piano solo, includes music by Borodin, Chopin (some arranged by Glazunov) and Tchaikovsky. The soloist is the Russian virtuoso Nikolai Demidenko.
Presented by Martin Handley.

BORODIN: Overture Prince Igor
CHOPIN/GLAZUNOV: Nocturne and Mazurka
CHOPIN: Variations on Mozart's La Ci Darem La Mano
CHOPIN: Andante spianato & Grand Polonaise
TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No 2"

The Ulster Orchestra
Michal Dworzynski, conductor
Nikolai Demidenko, pianist

Followed by a focus on Daniel Barenboim as the celebrated conductor and pianist brings his Berlin Staatskapelle orchestra to London for 4 concerts, all of which will be recorded and broadcast -starting later this week- by Radio 3. Today, concentrating on chamber music, a veritable jewel from our archives: Barenboim's first-ever interview and recording for the 成人快手, aged 13, playing two Chopin pieces.

Chopin: Etude in C sharp minor, Op. 10; Augener Waltz in D flat (Minute)
Daniel Barenboim (piano)

Beethoven: Variations on Muller芒聙聶s 'Ich bin der Schneider Kakadu' for piano trio in G major, Op. 121a
Daniel Barenboim (piano)
Jaqueline Du Pr脙漏 (cello)
Pinchas Zuckerman (violin)
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