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Piano duet extravaganza


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Luba Poliak full profile / Piano duet (4 hands) / 2 musicians

Other players: Vica Schwartzman


Full program notes

Mozart, Sonata in D major
Ravel, La mere l’oye
Barber, Souvenirs


Historical context

Piano has always been an “orchestral” instrument and each of these composers on the program wrote extensively for orchestras. Piano duet might be the closest piano can get to that rich and grand sonority of an orchestra. Ravel and Barber collections of dances are often performed by orchestras, after composers orchestrated them. Both of these collections were also choreographed.


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