Performance on 3 - Halle/Mark Elder

Presented by Petroc Trelawny. From the Bridgewater Hall in Manchester, the Halle under conductor Mark Elder, with Spring Fire, Sir Arnold Bax's colourful tone poem inspired by pagan legends; Chopin's Second Piano Concerto with soloist Polina Leschenko -a veritable tour-de-force-, and Sibelius' 7th Symphony, the composer's last and profound statement in a genre he made entirely his own. BAX: Spring Fire CHOPIN: Piano Concerto No.2 in F minor, Op. 21 SIBELIUS: Symphony No.7 in C major, Op. 105 The Halle Sir Mark Elder, conductor Polina Leschenko, pianist Followed by a focus this week on great Chopin pianists, old and new: Chopin: Barcarolle in F-sharp major, Op. 60 Krystian Zimerman, piano Chopin: Scherzo No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 31 Maurizio Pollini, piano Chopin: Mazurka in C major, Op. 24 No. 2 Krysitian Zimerman, piano, Chopin: Nocturne in E minor, Op. post. 72, No. 1 Maurizio Pollini, piano