Rachel Beckles Willson

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Radio Bartok, live concert broadcast, 1995

In January 1995 I put together a piano recital for Bartok Radio, with a programme that was highly unusual for Hungary. I started and finnished with 3 pieces from Olivier Messiaen’s Vingt Regards sur l’enfant-Jésus, played the Piano Sonata by Aaron Copland in the middle and – for a local Read more…

By rachel, 28 years4 years ago
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