18th International Chopin Competition

Cooler Classics.(Sunday 5th December 2021. 9pm-11pm, Repeats Thursday midnight, Listen Again & on Mixcloud)

Featuring the music of:

Leroy Anderson: Blue Tango, Belle Of The Ball, Piano Concerto in C Major.
Leonard Bernstein: West Side Story: Overture.
Bernstein & Stephen Sondheim: Maria
Stephen Sondheim: A Little Night Music Suite played by Opus Two.
Aaron Copland: Fanfare For The Common Man & Saturday Night Waltz.
Robert Schumann: Fantasiestücke, Op. 73 (version for cello and piano) Gabriel Schwabe and the Royal Northern Sinfonia.

The Voices of:

Marco Panuccio: E Lucevan le stelle
The Three Tenors: Nessun Dorma
And a feature on the winner of the 18th Fryderyk Chopin International Piano Competition, Bruce Liu.

Sunday 9-11pm and repeated Thursday at Midnight. Plus Listen Again (7 days) and Mixcloud (several weeks!)

Internationally acclaimed pianist Tedd Joselson speaks with us about his career, his views on the music industry and latest album “COMPANIONSHIP OF CONCERTOS” featuring Greig’s Piano Concerto and Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No 2.
Max Horowitz(Crossover Media) shares Penderecki in Memoriam Podcast where Anne Sophie Mutter recalls her professional relationship with the great Polish composer.
Mr Bruce (Xiaoyu) Liu, Canada plays the final two movements of Chopin’s Opus 11… the winning performance at the 18th International Fryderyk Chopin Competition .
Plus music from the late Gordon Crosse, Mantovani, Andre Kostelanetz.

Sunday 9-11pm and repeated Thursday at Midnight. Plus Listen Again (7 days) and Mixcloud (several weeks!)

JoAnn Falletta tells about her conducting career to date, and the music of Claudette Sorel.

John Sanderson updates progress on the Performing Arts Centre at Chipping Campden School… and exclusively reveals the name of the PAC!!.

We hear a performance of Chopin (recorded by Polish Radio) by the winner of the 18th International Chopin Competition in Warsaw.(Courtesy Polish Radio and Crossover Media)
With additional music from Sarah Class, Sarah Willis, Oxford Baroque, Berit Hagen(aka Commander -in-Chief) and Craig Ogden, Rudolf Kempe.

Sunday 9-11pm and repeated Thursday at Midnight. Plus Listen Again (7 days) and Mixcloud (several weeks!)