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Yesterday morning was another Coffee Concert. The repertoire Included Erich Wolfgang Korngold's Tanschen I'm Alter Stil (Dance in the Old style), Ravel's Piano concerto in G and Tchaikovsky's Symphony #4 (opus#36). The first two works I am not familiar with. I am familiar with Tchaikovsky's Symphony#4 The conductor was John Storgards a Finish Conductor and violinist. Finland is most famous for Jean Sibelius. The soloists was Marc-Andre Hamelin a French-Canadian Pianist. Storgards has primarily worked with the Helsinki and Tempere Philharmonic orchestras. Helsinki is the capital of Finland. Tempere is another major city in Finland. He has recreated or recorded a reconstructed version of Sibelius' unfinished 8th Symphony. Korngold(1897-1957) was an Austrian Jew. He was one of the first major Hollywood composers. He is remembered for his film work and his Violin Concerto. I am not as familiar with his music. Ravel (1875-1937) is known for His Piano concerto and Bolero which was used in the 1980 movie "10" staring Dudley More and Bo Derek. His Piano concerto has Jazz influences in it. American jazz was popular in Paris in the 1920's. Black American Musicians went there to perform. George Gershewin was influenced by Raven and Ravel had mentored him. I remember my parents had a 78 RPM of Bolero coupled with one of Eric Satie's works. I am not familiar with Saite. I am not as familiar with the piano concerto. The work on the bill that I am most familiar with is Tchaikovsky's Fourth Symphony. It dates from 1878 and is dedicated to his wealthy patroness Nadezha von Meck. The version of this work that I have is with David Zinmann and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. It is often compared with Beethoven's Fifth symphony and represents fate. Part of it was used in the 2014 movie Birdman. I especially like the second movement of the Fourth Symphony Andantino. I enjoyed the concert. It was more crowded than some of the other coffee concerts.
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