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Chopin, Rautavaara and Stravinsky by Nelson Freire and OPRF, led by Mikko Franck

Tonight Nelson Freire will play Chopin, Mikko Franck will direct a score of his compatriot Rautavaara to finish with Stravinsky's Firebird.

Concert # 1

Frédéric Chopin 
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2 in F minor op. 21

BIS Ignace Padarewski 
Nocturne
Nelson Freire (piano)

Franz Schubert 
Grand Rondo in A major op. 107 D. 951 for four-handed piano
Martha Argerich 
Nelson Freire (piano) 
DGG 2010

Concert # 2

Einojuhani Rautavaara 
Cantus arcticus

Igor Stravinsky 
The Firebird (1919 version)

BIS Eduard Grieg 
Solveig's song, Peer Gynt, suite
no.2 Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra 
Mikko Franck (direction)

Nelson Freire piano

Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra 
Mikko Franck Direction

Concert recorded on April 26, 2019.