In 1930, Maurice Ravel wrote a special concerto for Paul Wittgenstein, a pianist who had lost his right arm in the First World War. On this episode of Performance Today, we'll hear a performance of Ravel's Piano Concerto for the Left Hand, from a concert in Round Top, Texas.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
The Hands Free: Kellam's Reel/Rusty Gully
The Hands Free: James Moore, guiltar and banjo; Caroline Shaw, violin; Nathan Koci, accordion; Eleonore Oppenheim, bass
The Hands Free
New Amsterdam 100
Caroline Shaw: Entr'acte for String Orchestra
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra; Joshua Weilerstein, conductor
Ordway Concert Hall, Saint Paul, MN
Piano Puzzler: This week's contestant is Scott Hollopeter from Grand Planc, MI
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Divertimento No. 2
Cleveland Orchestra; George Szell, conductor
Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 28 and 33, Divertimenti
Sony 8182
Hour 2
Valerie Coleman: Concerto for Wind Quintet: Movement 1: Afro
Imani Winds
The Classical Underground
Koch International Classics NA
Maurice Ravel: Piano Concerto for the Left Hand in D Major
Francois Dumont, piano; Texas Festival Orchestra; Ransom Wilson, conductor
Round Top Festival Institute, Festival Concert Hall, Round Top, TX
Sergei Prokofiev: Sonata for Two Violins Op 56
Nikki and Timmy Chooi, violins
Lake George Music Festival, Zankel Hall, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
Ruth Crawford Seeger: Suite for Wind Quintet
Imani Winds
UChicago Presents, Mandel Hall, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
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