Performance on 3 - Garrick Ohlsson

Presented by Ian Skelly Garrick Ohlsson, one of the leading Chopin interpreters of our times and a past winner of the Chopin International Piano competition, gives a recital celebrating the 200th anniversary of Chopin's birth, recorded at the Philharmonic Concert Hall, Warsaw earlier this year. The main focus of the programme is the complete Preludes, a cycle demanding high virtuosity, in which Chopin captures a universe of feeling and mood. Before these sit some of his grandest works - the demanding F sharp major Impromptu, the intensely dramatic Fantasy, and one of the epic Scherzos. Chopin: Impromptu in F sharp, op. 36 Fantasy in F minor, op. 49 Two Nocturnes, op. 27 Scherzo in C sharp minor, op. 39 Preludes, op. 28 Mazurka in A minor, op. 7 no. 2 (Encore) Waltz in C sharp minor, op. 64/2 (Encore) Etude in C sharp minor, op. 10 no. 4 Garrick Ohlsson (piano) Followed by performances by nominees for the 2010 Royal Philharmonic Society Awards, ahead of the awards ceremony which takes place on 11th May. Tonight features the nominees in the Conductor category - Kirill Karabits, Oliver Knussen and Andris Nelsons. Shchedrin: Concerto for Orchestra no.5 (excerpt) Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Kirill Karabits (conductor) NAXOS 8 572405 tr. 2 Julian Anderson: Book of Hours (Part 1) Birmingham Contemporary Music Group Oliver Knussen (conductor) NMC NMCD 121 Tr. 8 Ginastera: Danza final (Malambo) – Dances from the ballet ‘Estancia’ Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela Gustavo Dudamel (conductor) DG 477 7457 Tr. 9 Tchaikovsky: Symphony no.5: 3rd Mvt (Scherzo) City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Andris Nelsons (conductor) ORFEO C 780 091 A