The ASCAP Deems Taylor/Virgil Thomson Award winning program Between the Keys presents the third episode in an unprecedented seven part mini-series, where The Classical Network’s Artist-in-Residence Jed Distler takes listeners on a journey through all of Chopin’s Mazurkas.
Going in order, Jed offers at least two performances for each of the so-called “Standard” 51 Mazurkas with a different pianist, and without ever repeating a pianist over the course of seven programs. The pianists represent more than a century’s worth of recorded Chopin, from 1902 until 2025. No other repertoire lends itself to such a wide variety of interpretations, as you will readily discover.
We continue with the Mazurka Op. 24 No. 4, the four Op. 30 Mazurkas, and the four Op. 33 Mazurkas. Pianists include Ignaz Friedman, Vera Gornostaeva, Ivana Gavrić, Evgeny Koroliov, Maurizio Pollini, Yulianna Avdeeva, Sandor Falvay, Evgeny Kissin, Joseph Villa, Carlo Zecchi, Lubka Kolessa, Barbara Hesse-Bukowska, Murray Perahia, Yevgeny Sudbin, Josef Hofmann, Karen Kushner and Lech Napierala.
Tune in this Friday afternoon at 3:00 PM for Between the Keys, with the rebroadcast Saturday evening at 6:00 PM, exclusively on The Classical Network and WWFM,org
