Halle/Mark Elder
The Halle under Mark Elder perform at the Bridgewater Hall. Bax: Spring Fire. Chopin: Piano Concerto No 2 in F minor, Op 21 (soloist - Polina Leschenko). Sibelius: Symphony No 7.
Presented by Petroc Trelawny.
From the Bridgewater Hall in Manchester, the Halle under conductor Mark Elder, with Spring Fire, Sir Arnold Bax's colourful tone poem inspired by pagan legends; Chopin's Second Piano Concerto with soloist Polina Leschenko -a veritable tour-de-force-, and Sibelius' 7th Symphony, the composer's last and profound statement in a genre he made entirely his own.
BAX: Spring Fire
CHOPIN: Piano Concerto No.2 in F minor, Op. 21
SIBELIUS: Symphony No.7 in C major, Op. 105
The Halle
Sir Mark Elder, conductor
Polina Leschenko, pianist
Followed by a focus this week on great Chopin pianists, old and new:
Chopin: Barcarolle in F-sharp major, Op. 60
Krystian Zimerman, piano
Chopin: Scherzo No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 31
Maurizio Pollini, piano
Chopin: Mazurka in C major, Op. 24 No. 2
Krysitian Zimerman, piano,
Chopin: Nocturne in E minor, Op. post. 72, No. 1
Maurizio Pollini, piano
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