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Ravel's Piano Concerto for Left Hand

In 1930, composer Maurice Ravel wrote a special concerto for a pianist who had lost his right arm during the First World War. On Thursday's Performance Today, we'll hear pianist Kirill Gerstein play that piece; Ravel's Piano Concerto for Left Hand.

Episode Playlist

Hour 1

Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F Major, BWV 1047
Todd Palmer, clarinet; Tara Helen O'Connor, flute; James Austin Smith, oboe; Daniel Philips, violin
Bank of America's Chamber Music Series, Spoleto Festival USA, Dock Street Theater, Charleston, SC

Traditional (arr. Yi-Wen Jiang): Selections from "China Song": 1. Yao Dance; 2. Shepherd's Song; 3. Harvest Celebration
Shanghai Quartet
San Antonio Chamber Music Society, Temple Beth-El, San Antonio, TX

Maurice Ravel: Piano Concerto for the Left Hand in D major, M. 82
Kirill Gerstein, piano; Houston Symphony; Andres Orozco-Estrada, conductor
Jones Hall, Houston, TX

Hour 2

Johann Halvorsen: Passacaglia for violin and viola after a theme by Handel
Frank Huang, violin; Dimitri Murrath, viola
Cooperstown Summer Music Festival, The Otesaga Resort Hotel, Cooperstown, NY

Mieczyslaw Weinberg: Concertino for Violin and Strings, Opus 42
Gidon Kremer, violin; Kremerata Baltica
The Schubert Club, Ordway Center, St. Paul, MN

Paul Schoenfield: Trio for Clarinet, Violin, and Piano
Jose Franch-Ballester, clarinet; Arnaud Sussmann, violin; Gloria Chien, piano
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, University of Georgia, Performing Arts Center, Hodgson Concert Hall, Athens, GA

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