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Alexander Gadjiev plays Chopin's piano

Alexander Gadjiev joins the Consone Quartet to play Chopin on the composer's 1848 Pleyel piano. The quartet also play Mozart at the Norfolk and Norwich Festival.

Alexander Gadjiev joins the Consone Quartet to play Chopin's Second Piano Concerto on the composer's own piano.

Earlier this year, Alexander Gadjiev joined his fellow Radio 3 New Generation Artists, the period instrument Consone Quartet to realise his dream of playing Chopin on the composer's own 1848 Pleyel piano. Chopin is known to have preferred the soft-voiced Pleyel pianos above all others, describing them as, β€œthe last word in perfection.” It is very likely that this instrument was the one he had kept at his salon at the Square d’OrlΓ©ans, Paris before bringing it to England in 1848. The piano now forms part of the Cobbe Collection at Hatchlands Park in Surrey and it was only after it had been there for twenty or so years that its remarkable provenance came to light. Also this evening, the Consone Quartet are joined by viola player John Crockatt to play Mozart in the gorgeous acoustics of the eighteenth century Octagon Chapel, Norwich as part of the Norfolk and Norwich Festival, now in its 250th year.

Presented by Ian Skelly.

Chopin: Prelude in c sharp minor Op. 45
Chopin: Mazurkas Op. 56 nos. 2 and 3
Chopin: Polonaise Op. 44

Chopin: Piano Concerto no. 2 in f minor (arr. for Piano and String Quintet)
Alexander Gadjiev (1848 Pleyel piano),
Consone Quartet with Jan Zahourek (double bass)

c. 8.35pm
Mozart: String Quintet no 4 in g minor K 516
Consone Quartet with John Crockatt (viola)

Alexander Gadjiev - a multiple prize winner at the Warsaw International Chopin Competition 2021 - and the Consone Quartet are current Radio 3 New Generation Artists.

Established over two decades ago, Radio 3's New Generation Artists scheme is acknowledged internationally as the foremost programme of its kind. It exists to offer a platform for artists at the beginning of their international careers; each year six musicians join the scheme for two years, during which time they appear at the UK's major music festivals and venues, enjoy dates with the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ orchestras and have the opportunity to record in the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ studios. The artists are also encouraged to form artistic partnerships with one another.

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Wed 2 Nov 2022 19:30
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Music Played

  • FrΓ©dΓ©ric Chopin

    Prelude in C sharp minor, Op 45

    Performer: Alexander Gadjiev.

  • FrΓ©dΓ©ric Chopin

    Mazurka no. 2 in C major from 3 Mazurkas Op. 56

    Performer: Alexander Gadjiev.

  • FrΓ©dΓ©ric Chopin

    Mazurka no. 3 in C minor from 3 Mazurkas Op. 56

    Performer: Alexander Gadjiev.

  • FrΓ©dΓ©ric Chopin

    Polonaise in F sharp minor Op.44

    Performer: Alexander Gadjiev.

  • FrΓ©dΓ©ric Chopin

    Piano Concerto No. 2 (arr Kevin Kenner for piano and string quartet)

    Performer: Alexander Gadjiev. Ensemble: Consone Quartet.

  • FrΓ©dΓ©ric Chopin

    Larghetto from Piano Concerto No. 2 (arr K. Kenner for piano and string quartet)

    Performer: Alexander Gadjiev. Ensemble: Consone Quartet.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    String Quintet No 4 in G minor, K516

    Performer: John Crockatt. Ensemble: Consone Quartet.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Violin Concerto in D major, RV 208, 'Il grosso mogul'

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Christian Curnyn.
    • Decca.

  • Arvo PΓ€rt

    Spiegel im Spiegel

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Performer: Alexei Grynyuk.
    • Nicola Benedetti: Fantasie.
    • Deutsche Grammaphon.
    • 6.

  • Dai Fujikura

    Eternal Escape

    Performer: Adrian Bradbury.
    • NMC.

Broadcast

  • Wed 2 Nov 2022 19:30
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3