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World-class playing from Pierre-Laurent Aimard

Pierre-Laurent Aimard plays live. Music historian Kate Williams on presenting upcoming episodes of Radio 3's Key Changes.

Widely acclaimed French pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard plays live on In Tune. On Saturday 19th September, he will perform a marathon of three recitals in one day at London's Wigmore Hall, showcasing the music of Hungarian composer György Kurtág who celebrated his 100th birthday earlier this year.

Petroc also welcomes music historian Kate Williams to the studio. She is joining Gillian Moore to co-present the next eight episodes of Radio 3's Key Changes, which will examine the rich musical world of the 19th century.

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Music Played

  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Piano Concerto no.2 Op.22 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Bertrand Chamayou. Orchestra: Orchestre national de France. Conductor: Emmanuel Krivine.
    • ERATO.
  • Gustav Holst

    Brook Green Suite: I. Prelude

    Conductor: Howard Griffiths. Orchestra: English Sinfonia.
    • Holst: Double Concerto / St Paul's Suite / Brook Green Suite.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.
  • Gustav Holst

    Brook Green Suite: II. Air

    Conductor: Howard Griffiths. Orchestra: English Sinfonia.
    • Holst: Double Concerto / St Paul's Suite / Brook Green Suite.
    • Naxos.
    • 2.
  • Gustav Holst

    Brook Green Suite: III. Dance

    Conductor: Howard Griffiths. Orchestra: English Sinfonia.
    • Holst: Double Concerto / St Paul's Suite / Brook Green Suite.
    • Naxos.
    • 3.
  • György Kurtág

    Doina (from Játékok, Book VI: No.34)

    Performer: Pierre‐Laurent Aimard.
  • György Kurtág

    Thus It Happened (from Játékok, Book III: No.4)

    Performer: Pierre‐Laurent Aimard.
  • György Kurtág

    Birthday Elegy for Judit - for the second finger of her left hand (from Játékok, Book VI: No.33)

    Performer: Pierre‐Laurent Aimard.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in A minor for 2 violins RV.522 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Daniel Hope. Performer: Simos Papanas. Ensemble: Kammerorchester Basel. Performer: Emanuele Forni. Performer: Naoki Kitaya.
    • Daniel Hope: My Tribute to Yehudi Menuhin.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 6.
  • Arthur Benjamin

    Jamaican Rumba

    Performer: James Galway. Orchestra: Sydney Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: David Measham.
    • Dances For Flute.
    • RCA Red Seal.
    • 14.
  • Alexander Borodin

    In the Steppes of Central Asia

    Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.
    • Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture, Rimsky-Korsakov, Borodin: Neeme Jarvi.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 3.
  • Franz Schubert

    38 Waltzes, Laendler and Ecossaises

    Performer: Pierre‐Laurent Aimard.
  • Arnold Schoenberg

    Sechs kleine Klavierstücke, Op. 19 I. Leicht, zart

    Performer: Pierre‐Laurent Aimard.
    • Alpha.
  • Arnold Schoenberg

    Kleine Klavierstücke, Op. 19 - II. Langsam

    Performer: Roland Pöntinen.
    • Schoenberg & Berg - Piano Music.
    • BIS.
    • 05.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Slavonic Dance in G minor, Op 46 No 8

    Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Jiří Bělohlávek.
    • Dvorák: Slavonic Dances Opp. 46 & 72.
    • Decca.
    • 8.
  • Henry Purcell

    Pavan in G minor

    Ensemble: Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien. Director: François Lazarevitch.
    • Purcell: Songs & Dances.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 4.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Romance (The Gadfly)

    Performer: Peter Thomas. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Maxim Dmitrievich Shostakovich.
    • Collins.
  • Lucy Walker

    Give Me Your Stars

    Composer: Sara Teasdale. Ensemble: VOCES8.
    • TWENTY.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 6.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Prelude in C sharp minor (5 Morceaux de fantaisie Op.3)

    Performer: Cécile Ousset.
    • Decca.
  • Franz Liszt

    Au lac de Wallenstadt (Années de pèlerinage, 1er année Suisse)

    Performer: Alfred Brendel.
    • Philips.
  • Heitor Villa‐Lobos

    O Trenzinho do Caipira

    • ڱêԳ.
    • Tratore.
    • 15.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No 7 in A major, Op 92 (3rd mvt)

    Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt. Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe.
    • Beethoven: Symphonies 1-9: Harnoncourt, Chamber Orchestra of Europe.
    • Teldec.
    • 7.
  • Steve Reich

    Electric Counterpoint (Fast)

    Performer: Sean Shibe.
    • Delphian.
  • Frank Loesser

    Guys and Dolls: Adelaide: 'Take Back Your Mink' with Dolls

    Performer: City of London Sinfonia. Performer: John Wilson.
    • Chandos.

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