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The George Enescu International Festival - Ravel and Chopin

Nelson Goerner plays Chopin and David Grimal performs Ravel's early Violin Sonata at the George Enescu International Festival.

The 2022 George Enescu International Festival.

The George Enescu International Festival has been held in Bucharest, Romania since 1958 to honour and celebrate the memory, the music and the personality of Romanian composer, pianist, violinist and conductor George Enescu, considered “the greatest musical phenomenon since Mozart.” This week there are chamber music performances from some of the many leading musicians who came to Bucharest last September to take part in what is now one of the world's leading music festivals. Today's programme starts with a student work by Ravel whose better-known second violin sonata was premiered by Enescu who, like Ravel, was a former pupil of Gabriel Fauré at the Paris Conservatoire. Also today, Chopin from the Argentine-born pianist Nelson Goerner described as: 'A master goldsmith of the piano.'

Presented by Sarah Walker

Ravel: Sonata in G major for violin and piano
David Grimal (violin), Itamar Golan (piano)

Chopin: Ballade no. 1 in G minor Op.23
Chopin: Ballade no. 2 in F major Op.38
Chopin: Ballade no. 3 in A flat major Op.47
Chopin: Ballade no. 4 in F minor Op.52
Brahms: Intermezzo in A, op. 118/2
Nelson Goerner (piano)

57 minutes

Music Played

  • Maurice Ravel

    Violin Sonata No. 1 in A minor (Sonate Posthume)

    Performer: David Grimal. Performer: Itamar Golan.
  • FrĂ©dĂ©ric Chopin

    Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23

    Performer: Nelson Goerner.
  • FrĂ©dĂ©ric Chopin

    Ballade No. 2 in F Major, Op. 38

    Performer: Nelson Goerner.
  • FrĂ©dĂ©ric Chopin

    Ballade No. 3 in A flat, Op. 47

    Performer: Nelson Goerner.
  • FrĂ©dĂ©ric Chopin

    Ballade No. 4 in F minor, Op. 52

    Performer: Nelson Goerner.
  • Johannes Brahms

    6 Pieces for Piano, Op. 118: II. Intermezzo in A Major. Andante teneramente

    Performer: Nelson Goerner.

Broadcast

  • Tue 24 Jan 2023 13:00