Afternoon on 3 - Chopin and His Influences - Episode 4

This afternoon there's more from last year's 2009 Chopin and his Europe Festival; Emanuel Ax performs Chopin's Andante spianato and Grande Polonaise brillante. Schumann was another composer who was very influenced by Chopin, and today there's a chance to hear his magnum opus, the Scenes from Goethe's Faust performed by Dietrich Henschel with the Berlin Academy for Early Music. Presented by Jonathan Swain. 2pm Chopin: Andante spianato and Grande Polonaise brillante Op.22 Schubert: Impromptu D.935'3 Emanuel Ax (piano) 2.30pm Schumann: Scenes from Goethe's Faust Dietrich Henschel; Faust, Dr. Marianus, Pater Seraphicus (bass) Marlis Petersen; Gretchen, Not, Una Poenitentium (soprano) Yorck Felix Speer; Mephistopheles, Böser Geist, Pater Profundus (bass) Ruth Ziesak; Sorge, Magna Peccatrix (soprano) Gerhild Romberger; Mangel, Mater Gloriosa, Mulier Samaritana (alto) Christian Elsner; Ariel, Pater Ecstaticus (tenor) Sofi Lorentzen; Martha, Schuld, Maria Aegyptiaca (alto) RIAS Chamber Chorus Berlin Academy for Early Music Hans-Christoph Rademann (director) 4.20pm Shostakovich: 24 Preludes Alexei Volodin (piano).