Performance on 3 - Ulster Orchestra/Dworzynski

From the Ulster Hall in Belfast, the Ulster Orchestra and conductor Michal Dworzynski with a concert from their cycle Chopin @ 200, celebrating the 200th anniversary of the composer's birth, this time with a strong Russian flavour. The repertoire, which alternates orchestral pieces with piano solo, includes music by Borodin, Chopin (some arranged by Glazunov) and Tchaikovsky. The soloist is the Russian virtuoso Nikolai Demidenko. Presented by Martin Handley. BORODIN: Overture Prince Igor CHOPIN/GLAZUNOV: Nocturne and Mazurka CHOPIN: Variations on Mozart's La Ci Darem La Mano CHOPIN: Andante spianato & Grand Polonaise TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No 2" The Ulster Orchestra Michal Dworzynski, conductor Nikolai Demidenko, pianist Followed by a focus on Daniel Barenboim as the celebrated conductor and pianist brings his Berlin Staatskapelle orchestra to London for 4 concerts, all of which will be recorded and broadcast -starting later this week- by Radio 3. Today, concentrating on chamber music, a veritable jewel from our archives: Barenboim's first-ever interview and recording for the BBC, aged 13, playing two Chopin pieces. Chopin: Etude in C sharp minor, Op. 10; Augener Waltz in D flat (Minute) Daniel Barenboim (piano) Beethoven: Variations on Muller’s 'Ich bin der Schneider Kakadu' for piano trio in G major, Op. 121a Daniel Barenboim (piano) Jaqueline Du Pré (cello) Pinchas Zuckerman (violin) EMI CZS5744472