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[oddoneout]

Kirill Gerstein seems to be keeping Radio 3 on air at the moment with the concerts tonight , last night and this pm . The range , musicianship and virtuosity is worthy of the R3 equivalent of the Legion d’honneur . The amount of practice time he must have put in . Does he never sleep ?

More this afternoon as well. It seems that the BBC have taken full advantage of his LSO St Lukes residency?

[HighlandDougie]

Well I saw him on Sunday night in Lyon where he was in fine form - magisterial in Brahms PC 1 and pretty dazzling in his encore of a Chopin Waltz. He has been on tour with the Budapest FO, except for Saturday night in Paris when Andras Schiff subbed for him, when I assume KG may have been in London? Anyway, a busy man - now in or en route to the States

[LMcD]

Double delight for Sibelius fans in tonight's concert with the Halle (recorded 6 days ago) - the 7th and 5th symphonies, plus pieces by Ades and Rautavaara.

[smittims]

I enjoyed the Haydn 'Gypsy' trio in Tuesday's R3 in Concert. Famous for the old Cortot/Thibaud/Casals recording it's not often broadcast live. It was interesting to hear the Bartok songs too, as they are among the neglected parts of his output, though to my ears the singer on this occasion was no match for Vilma Medgyaszay and Maria Basilides on the old 78s with Bartok at the piano.