About the Performance
Perenial Festival favourite Christian Zacharias is completely at home showing the full range of his virtuosity and expressivity in this programme. The rarely played Brahms opus 10 Ballades are some of his most lyrical piano works.
The spine-tingling first is famously inspired by the Scottish ballad Edward, a gruesome tale of patricide.
'His intellect and musicianship shone through' The Guardian
This event will be broadcast on BBC Radio 3’s Lunchtime Concerts programme at 1:00pm, 10 September 2009. The programme will then be available for streaming and download for one week at bbc.co.uk/iplayer.
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Photo: Marc Vanappelghem