[BROADCAST] Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra Encore Performances: Brahms and Ravel
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Paul Lewis, piano
Johannes Brahms – Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15
Maurice Ravel – La Valse
This broadcast begins with a performance from the TMCO under Andris Nelsons with pianist Paul Lewis, a great friend of the BSO who would have been the 2020 Koussevitzky Artist at Tanglewood.
The First Piano Concerto of Johannes Brahms has the gravitas of a symphony in disguise, a work of great breadth and seriousness. After that we have a remarkably detailed performance of Ravel’s La Valse under Stéphane Denève. Many have heard this work as a metaphor for the ruin of Europe after the First World War, with the waltz – as metaphor for the complacent opulence of pre-war Vienna – subjected to deconstruction and fragmentation. But Ravel himself denied this meaning, maintaining a simple aim of capturing the rising bustle of a festive evening.
About the series: Video streamed full-length concerts on Monday evenings of the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra chosen from Tanglewood’s vast archive of recorded performances. Each will be introduced by Stefan Asbury, with guests.
Available July 20, 2020 at 8pm Eastern / 5pm Pacific, through July 27.
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