Jazz Connections. When Ravel visited America in the twenties he was already a jazz enthusiast and an admirer of Gershwin - though that did not stop Gershwin asking Ravel for lessons. Bartok was also much taken with jazz and wrote his Contrasts for Benny Goodman , at the same time working in a little tribute to Ravel. Ravel Violin Sonata
Nicola Loud, Sam Haywood (piano) Gershwin Three Preludes
Zoe Mather (piano)
Bartok Contrasts Robert Plane
(clarinet), Lucy Gould (violin), Benjamin Frith (piano)
Producer Nigel Wilkinson. Rptd tomorrow 4pm