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Tom McKinney with unique concert recordings for Valentine's Day, including Chopin's Piano Concerto No.2 and Schumann's Humoreske in B-flat.

Tom McKinney with specially recorded music from across the UK, Europe and the United States. Includes Mozart's glorious Divertimento in E-flat major, captured at the 2023 Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival.

Tom also continues his showcase of cellist Jean-Guihen Queyras, who is in the Artist's Spotlight on Classical Live, choosing a recent concert performance of J.S. Bach's Cello Suites.

Elsewhere, Tom celebrates the musical culture of Poland with exclusive concert recordings from the Chopin and his Europe International Music Festival. Today, for Valentine's Day, Tom selects works inspired by or dedicated to composers' beloveds. Includes Robert Schumann's Humoreske in B-flat, written while the composer was, in his words, 'rhapsodizing' about his wife Clara, as well as a centrepiece performance of Chopin's Piano Concerto No.2, composed by a young Fryderyk idealising over a fellow student at the Warsaw School of Music.

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1pm

Fryderyk Chopin
Nocturne in A-flat major, Op.32 No.2

Robert Schumann
Humoreske in B-flat major, Op.20
Bartosz Sk艂odowski (piano)

Johann Sebastian Bach
Cello Suite No.3 in C major, BWV 1009
Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello)

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2pm

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Divertimento in E-flat major, K.563
Cho-Liang Lin (violin)
Yura Lee (viola)
Mark Kosower (cello)

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3pm

Fryderyk Chopin
Piano Concerto No.2 in F minor, Op.21
Eric Lu (piano)
KBS Symphony Orchestra
Pietari Inkinen (conductor)

Fryderyk Chopin
Waltz in C-sharp minor, Op.64 No.2
Eric Lu (piano)

Gra偶yna Bacewicz
Sonata for Piano (unpublished)
I. Allegro. Allegro ma non troppo
II. Andante misterioso. Allegretto
III. Vivace
Bartosz Sk艂odowski (piano)

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Music Played

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Nocturne in A-flat major, Op.32 No.2

    Performer: Bartosz Sk艂odowski.

  • Robert Schumann

    Humoreske in B-flat major, Op.20

    Performer: Bartosz Sk艂odowski.

  • Ron Goodwin

    Lancelot and Guinevere: Main Theme

    Orchestra: 91热爆 Philharmonic. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • The Film Music of Ron Goodwin.
    • Chandos Records Limited.
    • 3.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cello Suite No.3 in C major, BWV 1009

    Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach. Performer: Jean鈥怗uihen Queyras. Performer: Jean鈥怗uihen Queyras.

  • John Zorn

    Rachmiah

    Performer: Jaroslaw Bester.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Divertimento in E-flat major, K.563

    Performer: Cho-Liang Lin. Performer: Yura Lee. Performer: Mark Kosower.

  • Paul Dukas

    Fanfare from La Peri

    Orchestra: 91热爆 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Alpesh Chauhan.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Piano Concerto No.2 in F minor, Op.21

    Performer: Eric Lu. Orchestra: KBS Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Pietari Inkinen.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Waltz in C-sharp minor, Op.64 No.2

    Performer: Eric Lu.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    The House of Life (Silent Noon)

    Singer: Sir Thomas Allen. Performer: Geoffrey Parsons.
    • On The Idle Hill of Summer.
    • EMI.

  • Gra偶yna Bacewicz

    Sonata for Piano [c.1935]

    Performer: Bartosz Sk艂odowski.

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