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Tonight's concert of music by Bax opens with a piece composed in 1916 but not discovered for another
80 years. The concerto was not a Paul Wittgenstein commission but was written for the composer's wife, Harriet Cohen.
BBC Philharmonic, conductor
Vernon Handley , Margaret Fingerhut (piano), Jean Rigby (mezzo)
Bax In Memoriam (In Memoriam
Padraig Pearse ); Piano Concerto for the Left Hand; The Bard of the Dimbovitza

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Wittgenstein
Unknown:
Harriet Cohen.
Conductor:
Vernon Handley
Piano:
Margaret Fingerhut
Piano:
Jean Rigby
Piano:
Padraig Pearse
Source: Radio Times

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