• 1. Beginnings | Chopin's First Ballade

  • Jul 17 2021
  • Length: 30 mins
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  • Frédéric Chopin's Ballade No. 1 in G Minor was revolutionary for its time, and remains a jewel of the piano repertoire today. Touching on everything from Bellini to Cole Porter, poetry to politics, this episode reveals the potency of the piece's opening measures through the eyes (and hands) of acclaimed concert pianists Garrick Ohlsson, Emanuel Ax, Rebecca Penneys, Jerome Lowenthal, Gary Graffman, and Seymour Bernstein.

    Hosted and created by Lowry Yankwich. Produced by Benjamin Laude, tonebase.
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