P2 GOLD CONCERTSUNDAY, FEB 16 20202:39:59
Bernstein and Ashkenazy
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In 1958, Russian pianist Vladimir Ashkenazy performed for the first time in the United States. He was just 21 when he gave a concert together with America's hottest classical music name, the conductor Leonard Bernstein, who just took over as chief conductor of the New York Philharmonic. At the same concert, Bernstein conducted the still unknown masterpiece Arcana, written in the 1920s by Edgar Varèse - and Baroque Music by Vivaldi! Prokofjev: Piano Concerto No. 2.Varèse: Arcana.Vivaldi: Double Concerto, C major, 1st movement.Schumann: Symphony No. 4.Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano.New York Philharmonic. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein. (Admission from Carnegie Hall, New York, November 29, 1958)
