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| Launching Radio 3's landmark weekend of Chopin's complete works with a selection that also includes works from composers inspired by him. | |
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| Andrew McGregor introduces a special Chopin-focused edition of Radio 3's weekly programme devoted to what's new in the world of recorded music, with a focus on musical interpretation. | |
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| Tom Service presents a special Chopin-themed edition of the programme in which he travels to Warsaw to investigate the complex relationship between the composer and his homeland, to which he never returned after leaving at the age of 20. Tom also examines the effects of Chopin's dual legacy as composer and pianist on the Polish music scene today. | |
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| Catherine Bott and Peter Katin visit The Cobbe Collection and the Royal Academy of Music to look at three pianos with Chopin connections, including his Pleyel grand which he brought to England in 1848. | |
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| Ian Skelly explores Chopin's love affair with dance music and folk rhythms of his time, introducing some of his most rhythmic waltzes as well as polonaises and mazurkas, all performed by leading Chopin piano interpreters. | |
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| In a special edition of the programme, Lucy Duran travels to Poland to explore the folk music of Chopin's homeland, meeting suka player Maria Pomianowska, the folk group Kapela Brodow and the Warsaw Village Band. | |
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| Claire Martin presents a special edition of the programme dedicated to the jazz interpretation of Fryderyk Chopin's music. With acclaimed classical jazz pianist Jacques Loussier talking to journalist Kevin LeGendre about his approach to playing Chopin and discussing his Nocturnes CD from 2004. | |
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| An uninterrupted sequence of both the Op 10 and Op 24 sets of Etudes, with each being performed by a different pianist. | |
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| Rob Cowan presents a special programme celebrating the life and work of Fryderyk Chopin, featuring discussion as well as live and recorded music. | |
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| Sarah Walker presents all of Chopin's Nocturnes in the order he composed them, performed by famous Chopin pianists from the early 20th century to the present day. With insights in conversation from pianists including Garrick Ohlsson and Llyr Williams. | |
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| With Susan Sharpe.1.00am | |
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| With Susan Sharpe.4.33am | |
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