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Chopin and his Europe (2/4)

Chopin and his Europe: the Belcea Quartet play Szymanowski, Yulianna Avdeeva plays Mieczys艂aw Weinberg's Fourth Piano Sonata, and Alexander Melnikov plays Berlioz.

Chopin and his Europe: Sarah Walker this week introduces performances recorded last summer at Poland's month-long music festival. On the bill today are two seldom-heard works, Szymanowski's First Quartet of 1917 in which the third movement has parts written in a different key signature for each of the players and a piano sonata by Polish-born Mieczys艂aw Weinberg, notable for its passage of haunting lyricism.

Mieczys艂aw Weinberg: Piano Sonata No. 4, op. 56
Yulianna Avdeeva (piano)

Szymanowski: String Quartet No. 1 in C major, op. 37
Belcea Quartet

Berlioz arr. Liszt: Sc猫ne aux champs from Symphonie Fantastique, S. 470
Alexander Melnikov (Erard piano 1847)

57 minutes

Last on

Wed 8 Jun 2022 13:00

Music Played

  • Mieczyslaw Weinberg

    Piano Sonata No. 4, op. 56

    Performer: Yulianna Avdeeva.
  • Karol Szymanowski

    String Quartet No. 1 op. 37

    Ensemble: Belcea Quartet.
  • Hector Berlioz

    Scene aux Champs from Symphonie Fantastique, S. 470

    Performer: Alexander Melnikov. Music Arranger: Franz Liszt.

Broadcast

  • Wed 8 Jun 2022 13:00