Kashperova Piano Concerto

[pianoconcerto]

Alexandra Dariescu and the BBC SO recorded the Kashperova Concerto in the studio on April 26, 2022, according to her twitter posting.  Hopefully it will air on BBC Radio 3 sometime.

[Mark Thomas]

Thanks for the heads up - we'll have to keep a look out for it.

[Gareth Vaughan]

Thank you, indeed. I do hope I get to hear it before long.

[Christopher]

Alexandra Dariescu and the BBC SO recorded the Kashperova Concerto in the studio on April 26, 2022, according to her twitter posting.  Hopefully it will air on BBC Radio 3 sometime.

Hello - have you heard anything further about this?  I see that the pianist has tweeted a bit about it, but no information re release dates etc - https://twitter.com/alexdariescu/status/1518993644463788032

[pianoconcerto]

Back on 27 April 2022, the conductor, Chris Hopkins, noted on Twitter that we'd be able to hear the Kashperova concerto "In the autumn [on BBC] Radio 3 I believe, watch this space!"  Fingers crossed.

[Christopher]

Thanks!

I guess it might be announced on her website too - https://www.alexandradariescu.com

[pianoconcerto]

Here's the latest information from Dariescu: 
"The world premiere recording of the newly discovered piano concerto by Leokadiya Kashperova, which I made with the BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chris Hopkins will be broadcast on BBC Radio 3's Composer of the Week programme in December '22."

[Gareth Vaughan]

That's good new. I shall look out for it, hope to be able to listen to the broadcast and also hope that someone on this forum may be able to record it as well.

[pianoconcerto]

The 5-episode Kashperova "Composer of the Week" broadcasts will be on BBC Radio 3, Dec. 12-16 (see https://boosey.com/cr/news/Leokadiya-Kashperova-is-BBC-Radio-3-Composer-of-the-Week/102071).  The episodes on Dec. 13 & 15 mention excerpts from the piano concerto.  One hopes that we will get to hear the complete work even if it is divided among two episodes.

[Gareth Vaughan]

Thank you very much for this information. I will certainly try to listen to these programmers. I see that the score is freely available to read online here: https://boosey.com/cr/perusals/score?id=39348 courtesy of Boosey & Hawkes.

[Mark Thomas]

A recording of the BBC broadcasts of Kashperova's Piano Concerto can be found in our Downloads Board here.

[Alan Howe]

Thanks, Mark. A real rarity.

[semloh]

Oh, thank you, Mark.   I'm looking forward to listening to this.

[Gareth Vaughan]

Yes. A big thank you from me too, Mark.