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William Kapell Remembered
The first of three programmes in which Annette Morreau investigates the short life of William Kapell , the first virtuoso pianist to be born and trained in America. The programme includes interviews and comments from his widow and from Alistair
Cooke, Tim Page , Jerome Lowenthal and Jack Pfeiffer. With music including Liszt Mephisto Waltz No 1
Khachaturian Piano Concerto
Boston Symphony Orchestra, conductor Serge Koussevitzky
Beethoven Piano Concerto No 2 in B flat
NBC Symphony Orchestra, conductor Vladimir Golschmann
Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody No 11 in A minor
Prokofiev Piano Concerto No 3
Dallas Symphony Orchestra, conductor Antal Dorati
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Contributors

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William Kapell
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Annette Morreau
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William Kapell
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Tim Page
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Jerome Lowenthal
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Jack Pfeiffer.
Conductor:
Serge Koussevitzky
Conductor:
Vladimir Golschmann
Conductor:
Antal Dorati
Source: Radio Times

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