The Leeds 2018 [Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert]

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Leeds International Piano Competition 201820180911Andrew McGregor and Lucy Parham introduce performances from three of the ten featured pianists in the semi-finals of the 2018 Leeds International Piano Competition, recorded in the Great Hall of Leeds University.

Today we hear from the 23 year old Chinese pianist Xinyuan Wang, who performs music by Bach, Rachmaninov and Kurtag; the Croatian pianist Aljosa Jurinic plays a selection of Studies from Chopin's Opus 25; and 25 year old Pavel Zemen from the Czech Republic performs music by Rachmaninov , Janacek and Dvorak.

JS Bach: Partita No 1 in Bb BWV825 - Allemande

Rachmaninov: Corelli Variations (extract)

Kurtag: Jatekok - 'Orokmozgo' (Book 1)

Xinyuan Wang (piano)

Chopin: Etudes Opus 25/1 and 7-10

(Aljosa Jurinic - piano)

Rachmaninov: Sonata No 2 in B flat - 1st movement

Janacek: On An Overgrown Path Book 1 - 4. 'Frydecka panna Maria

(Pavel Zemen - piano))

Dvorak - Piano Trio No 4 in E Minor - 'Dumky' - 1st movement

Jack Liebeck (violin)

Bjorg Lewis (cello)

Pavel Zemen (piano)

Andrew McGregor and Lucy Parham introduce highlights from the semi-finals of the Leeds.

Leeds International Piano Competition 201820180912Andrew McGregor and Lucy Parham at Leeds University introduce performances from semi-finalists Anna Geniushene, Mario Haring and Siqian Li from the 2018 Leeds International Piano Competition.

Today's highlights from the competition feature music by Busoni and Schumann from Russian pianist Anna Geniushene; Debussy performed by German Mario Haring; and Mussorgsky from the Chinese Siqian Li.

Busoni: Elegies:

No 7 Berceuse

No 4 Intermezzo: Turandot's Frauengemach

(Anna Geniushene - piano)

Schumann: Humoreske Op20 (extract)

Nach und nach immer lebhafter und starker

Wie vorher

Einfach und zart

Debussy: Preludes Book 1:

9. La Serenade Interrompue

10. La Catedrale Engloutie

11. La Danse de Puck

12. Minstrels

(Mario Haring - piano)

Mussorgsky: Pictures at An Exhibition:

1. Promenade

2. Gnomus

13. Catacombs

14. Con mortuis in lingua morta

15. The Hut on Hen's Legs (Baba Yaga)

16. The Great Gate of Kiev

(Siqian Li - piano)

Andrew McGregor and Lucy Parham introduce highlights from the semi-finals.

Leeds International Piano Competition 201820180913Andrew McGregor and Lucy Parham introduce performances from semi-finalists Tamila Salimdjanova from Uzbekistan, Evelyne Berezovsky from the UK, and Eric Lu from America.

As well as solo piano the semi-finals of the Leeds also requires the pianists to perform chamber music, among the highlights of todays programme are:

Debussy; Estampes iii. Jardins sous la pluie

Chopin: Ballade No 1 in G minor Op23

Tamila Salimdjanova (piano)

Richard Strauss: 5 Klavierstucke Op 3 No 1

Beethoven: Sonata in F major Op10/2 - I. Allegro

Evelyne Berezovsky (piano)

Dvorak: Piano Quintet No 2 in A Op81 iii.Scherzo

Eric Lu (piano)

Elias String Quartet

Chopin: Sonata No 2 in B flat minor Op 35 Mvts 3&4

Andrew McGregor and Lucy Parham introduce further highlights from the semi-finals.

Leeds International Piano Competition 2018, 420180914Andrew McGregor and Lucy Parham introduce performances from the last of the ten semi-finalists, Chinese pianist Yuchong Wu, and look back on the semi-finals as a whole with a focus on the performances of contemporary pieces and chamber music which contestants are required to perform. We also hear the announcement of the five concerto finalists.

Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition -

3. Promenade

4. The Old Castle

5. Promenade

6. Tuileries

7. Bydlo

8. Promenade

9. Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks

10. Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuyle

Yuchong Wu (piano)

Kurtag: Jatekok (selection)

1. Virgo az ember

2. Hommage a Verdi

3. Mikrondo

4. Tenders

5. Hoquets

Lachenmann: Variations on a theme of Schubert

Anna Geniushene (piano)

Beethoven: Sonata for Cello and Piano Op69

Bjorg Lewis (cello)

Mario Haring (piano)

Ravel: Sonata for Violin and Piano - iii. Finale

Jack Liebeck (violin)

Siquan Li (piano)

Shostakovich: Piano Quintet in G minor Op57 - iii. Scherzo

Elias Quartet

Dvorak: Piano Quintet No 2 in A Op 81

Eric Lu (piano) mvts 1&4

Yuchong Wu (piano) mvt 2

Aljosa Jurinic (piano) mvt 3

The first of the Concerto Finals from The Leeds is broadcast this evening at 19.00.

Andrew McGregor and Lucy Parham introduce the concluding highlights from the semi-finals.