Violinist Itzhak Perlman celebrates his 50th birthday this summer. In the first of five programmes, Bernard Keeffe visits him at his home in New York and introduces some of his most celebrated recordings: concertos, chamber music and solos as well as traditional Jewish tunes, blues and jazz.
The programme also includes contributions from friends and colleagues, including Andre Previn , Vladimir Ashkenazy , accompanist Samuel Sanders and record producer John Fraser. 1: A Jewish Heritage
Vivaldi Concerto in C minor
(RV199) (II sospetto) Mendelssohn Violin
Concerto in E minor
Bloch Nigun
Ben Haim Violin Concerto
Trad, an Seltzer Doyna Gershwin I loves you, Porgy
John
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Producer Susan Kenyon