Kids, Keyboards and Classics
Nov 5th, 2008 · From the International Institute for Young Musicians in Lawrence, Kan., it's an all piano program featuring kids from ages 12 to 16, playing Ravel, Rachmaninoff, Scriabin and Chopin.
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A Week with the Cleveland Orchestra: Rachmaninoff ****
Oct 31st, 2006 · All week, Performance Today is spending time with the Cleveland Orchestra and its music director Franz Welser-Most, in concert at Severance Hall in Cleveland. Today, the orchestra welcomes pianist Leif Ove Andsnes to play the Concerto No. 1 for Piano and Orchestra by Sergei Rachmaninoff.
A Week with the Cleveland Orchestra: Debussy **
Oct 30th, 2006 · All this week, Performance Today features the venerable Cleveland Orchestra in concert at Severance Hall. Music director Franz Welser-Most lends insight into music by Bruckner, Schumann, Rachmaninoff and Bartok. The week kicks off with the rarely heard ballet by Claude Debussy called Jeux.
Music That Heals: Wu Han and David Finckel ****
Sep 11th, 2006 · Pianist Wu Han and cellist David Finckel join Fred Child in NPR's Studio 4A for a conversation about the healing power of music. They'll play movements by Rachmaninoff and Brahms -- the third movement from Rachmaninoff's Cello Sonata in G Minor and the first movement from Brahms' Cello Sonata No. 1.
Gabriela Montero: Classical and Improvisational ***
Jul 5th, 2006 · Gabriela Montero combines classical piano playing with improvisation. She stops by the NPR studios to share some of her music, including improvisations on Rachmaninoff's Moment Musicaux Op. 16, No. 4 and Bach's Toccata in D Minor.
Pianist Cecile Licad at La Jolla SummerFest ****
Aug 25th, 2005 · Filipino pianist Cecile Licad has a nightclub voice and sultry looks, but when she plays Rachmaninoff, she may as well be a native-born Russian. She talks about her career and performs on stage at the La Jolla SummerFest.
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