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...rare American appearance, concert pianist Marc Andre Hamelin will play works by Bach, Brahms, Alkan, Medtner and Liszt. Proceeds will benefit WHRB. Sanders Theatre. 8 p.m. Tickets $35 and $20 regular, $15 and $10 for students, reserved seating...
...Legge, London impresario and record executive (Electrical & Musical Industries Ltd., which successfully launched Angel Records in the U.S.). In order to keep the orchestra intact, Legge not only booked concerts whenever possible, but accepted such esoteric assignments as film sound tracks and recording the works of Russian Composer Nicholas Medtner (1880-1951) for a wealthy enthusiast, the Maharajah of Mysore...
Some works he had restudied. Others, like Schubert's Ave Maria, which he played in at least 296 of 300 concerts for U.S. troops during the war, he put away again for a rest. And he had pulled out some new ones, like the Debussy, Rachmaninoff and Medtner works that had Manhattan concertgoers holding their breath last week. He had also found plenty of time to play chamber music with his good friend and neighbor, Artur Rubinstein, and with Vladimir Horowitz when he dropped in-not to mention an occasional jam session, with Heifetz rolling out such items...
There's Medtner, Balakireff, Zolotareff and Kvoschinsky...
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