Cardiff Week (3/4)
Welsh pianist Llyr Williams gives a recital from St David’s Hall in Cardiff featuring music by three composers who lived and breathed the piano - Scriabin, Schumann and Chopin.
Nicola Heywood Thomas continues this week’s series of lunchtime and evening concerts from Wales with this solo recital from St. David’s Hall from welsh pianist, Llŷr Williams.
LlÅ·r opens with a selection of Etudes from the intriguing world of Alexander Scriabin, from the unabashed romantic stylings of his teenage years to the heady complexity of his later works. In the second half, LlÅ·r begins what will be, for him, a year of special focus on the music of Chopin. Between, he presents the symphonically proportioned first piano sonata by Schumann, conceived as an impassioned love letter to the composer's beloved future wife, Clara.
Scriabin: Étude in E, Op 8 No 5
Scriabin: Étude in C# minor, Op 2 No 1
Scriabin: Étude in B, Op 8 No 4
Scriabin: Étude in F minor, Op 42 No 7
Scriabin: Étude in Eb, Op 42 No 8
Schumann: Sonata No 1 in F# minor, Op 11
8.20pm
Interval
8.40pm
Chopin: Nocturne in Bb minor, Op 9 No 1
Chopin: Nocturne in Eb, Op 9 No 2
Chopin: Mazurka in B minor, Op 30 No 2
Chopin: Mazurka in Eb, Op 30 No 3
Chopin: Mazurka in F minor, Op 7 No 3
Chopin: Mazurka in A minor, Op. 17 No 4
Chopin: Waltz in E minor, Op posth
Chopin: Ballade No 1 in G minor, Op 23
Chopin: Scherzo No 1 in B minor, Op 20
LlÅ·r Williams, piano
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Alexander Scriabin
Study in E major, Op 8 No 5
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Alexander Scriabin
Study in C sharp minor, Op 2 No 1
Performer: LlÅ·r Williams. -
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Alexander Scriabin
Study in B major, Op 8 No 4
Performer: LlÅ·r Williams. -
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Alexander Scriabin
Study in F minor, Op 42 No 7
Performer: LlÅ·r Williams. -
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Alexander Scriabin
Study in E flat major, Op 42 No 8
Performer: LlÅ·r Williams. -
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Robert Schumann
Sonata No 1 in F sharp minor, Op 11
Performer: LlÅ·r Williams. -
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Alexander Scriabin
Symphony No 1 in E major, Op 26 (4th movement)
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Valery Gergiev.- LSO 0770.
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Frédéric Chopin
Polish Songs, Op 74 Nos 1 and 2
Performer: Marek Drewnowski. Singer: Henryka Januszewska.- DUX : DUX-1497.
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Robert Schumann
Symphony No 2 in C major, Op 61 (4th movement)
Orchestra: Orchestra Mozart. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.- DG : 479-1061.
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Frédéric Chopin
Nocturnes, Op 9 Nos 1 and 2
Performer: LlÅ·r Williams. -
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Frédéric Chopin
Mazurkas, Op 30 Nos 2 and 3
Performer: LlÅ·r Williams. -
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Frédéric Chopin
Mazurka in F minor, Op 7 No 3
Performer: LlÅ·r Williams. -
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Frédéric Chopin
Mazurka in A minor, Op 17 No 4
Performer: LlÅ·r Williams. -
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Frédéric Chopin
Waltz in E minor, B56
Performer: LlÅ·r Williams. -
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Frédéric Chopin
Ballade No 1 in G minor, Op 23
Performer: LlÅ·r Williams. -
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Frédéric Chopin
Scherzo No 1 in B minor, Op 20
Performer: LlÅ·r Williams. -
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Karl Jenkins
The Armed Man: Benedictus
Choir: Cantorion. Ensemble: Cory Band. Conductor: Karl Jenkins.- WARNER CLASSICS 5090932.
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Rhian Samuel
Clytemnestra for soprano and orchestra (extract)
Singer: Ruby Hughes. Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Jac van Steen.- BIS BIS2408.
- BIS.
- 12.
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Jean Sibelius
Humoresque for violin and orchestra, Op 89 No 3
Performer: Fenella Humphreys. Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: George Vass.- RESONUS RES10277.
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Benjamin Britten
Missa brevis
Performer: Iain Farrington. Choir: Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge. Singer: Benedict Giles. Singer: William Goldring. Singer: Edward Minton. Conductor: Christopher Robinson.- Britten: Rejoice The Lamb, Hymn to St. Cecilia: Choir of St John's College, Camb.
- Naxos.
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- Thu 18 Mar 2021 19:30ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 3