Louis Lortie and Hélène Mercier [Concert]

Their program features staples of the Russian two-piano repertoire, with a few hidden gems included. This performance celebrates the Library’s acquisition of the manuscript of the two-piano version of Rachmaninoff’s Symphonic Dances, a work for which the Library now possesses all major source materials.
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Pre-Concert LectureBlair Johnston, PhD, Associate Professor of Music Theory, Jacobs School of Music, Indiana University6:30 pm–Whittall Pavilion
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Program
RACHMANINOFFFantaisie-tableaux (Suite no. 1), op. 5
RAVELRapsodie espagnole
ARENSKYSuite no. 1 in F major, op. 15
MEDTNERRussian Round Dance (A Tale), op. 58/1
RACHMANINOFFSymphonic Dances, op. 45
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