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Wigmore Hall 125: Igor Levit performs Liszt

As part of Wigmore Hall's 125th Anniversary Festival, the outstanding German pianist Igor Levit performs music by Ravel, Shostakovich and Liszt - Liszt's epic 'Dante Sonata' - live.

As part of Wigmore Hall's 125th Anniversary Festival the outstanding German pianist Igor Levit performs music by Ravel, Shostakovich and Liszt - Liszt's epic 'Dante Sonata' - live.

Also, we’re into our second week in which we profile the work of ten of today's outstanding conductors, featuring their work in exclusive recent concert recordings. Today the focus is on the Estonian-American maestro Paavo Järvi, and we’ll hear him with two great German orchestras: the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra performing Mozart and with the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra performing Tchaikovsky.

LIVE from WIGMORE HALL as part of WIGMORE 125, introduced for Classical Live by Petroc Trelawny

Igor Levit (piano)

Maurice Ravel
2 mélodies hébraïques:
Kaddisch (arranged by Alexander Siloti for piano)

Dmitry Shostakovich
Piano Sonata No. 2 in B minor Op. 61

Franz Liszt
Années de pèlerinage, deuxième année, Italie S161:
Après une lecture du Dante 'Fantasia quasi Sonata'

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With Elizabeth Alker

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 38 in D, K. 504 ('Prague')
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Paavo Järvi (conductor)

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 3
NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra
Paavo Järvi (conductor)

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Music Played

  • Maurice Ravel

    2 mélodies hébraïques: Kaddisch (arranged by Alexander Siloti for piano)

    Performer: Igor Levit.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Piano Sonata No. 2 in B minor Op. 61

    Performer: Igor Levit.

  • Franz Liszt

    Années de pèlerinage, deuxième année, Italie S161: Après une lecture du Dante 'Fantasia quasi Sonata'

    Performer: Igor Levit.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No. 38 in D, K. 504 ('Prague')

    Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paavo Järvi.

  • John Dowland

    Come againe sweet love doth now envite

    Performer: Thomas Dunford. Performer: Christoph Urbanetz. Singer: Ruby Hughes.

  • John Dowland

    In darknesse let me dwell

    Performer: Thomas Dunford. Performer: Christoph Urbanetz. Singer: Ruby Hughes.

  • Josef Suk

    Ballade and Serenade, Op. 3

    Performer: Steven Isserlis. Performer: Connie Shih.

  • Gabriel Fauré

    Super flumina Babylonis

    Choir: Chœur de l'Orchestre de Paris. Singer: Laetitia Singleton. Singer: María Savastano. Singer: Mathias Vidal. Singer: Ugo Rabec. Conductor: Paavo Järvi. Orchestra: Orchestre de Paris – Philharmonie.
    • Fauré: Requiem, Cantique de Jean Racine.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 11.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Sonata in E minor, Hob XVI No 34

    Performer: Christian Ihle Hadland.

  • Pyotr Tchaikovsky

    Symphony No. 3 in D, Op. 29

    Orchestra: North German Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paavo Järvi.

Broadcast

  • Monday 13:00
    BBC Radio 3