Jorge Bolet plays Gershwin with Eugene Ormandy & the Philadelphia Orchestra; Saratoga; August 13, 1967. | Also, Bolet plays Liszt in memory of Ormandy on the day that the conductor died: March 12, 1985.

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canderson on December 11, 2022 at 4:01 pm

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GEORGE GERSHWIN (1898-1937)

Piano Concerto in F major (1925):

1. Allegro [1:39]
2. Adagio – Andante con moto [14:51]
3. Allegro agitato [27:19]

radio announcement [34:10]

Rhapsody in Blue (1924) [36:20]

Bolet happened to play a recital at Casimir Hall at the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia on the day Eugene Ormandy passed away, March 12 1985. His first encore was a sublime Chopin F sharp minor Nocturne Op. 48 No. 2 (included in Marston Records’ Jorge Bolet Vol. 2 ‘Ambassador from the Golden Age’ 56003-2). He then said a few words and, after asking the audience to refrain from applauding at the conclusion, played Liszt’s Funérailles in Ormandy’s memory.

Bolet introduces his second encore in memory of Eugene Ormandy [52:22]

FRANZ LISZT (1811-1886)

Funérailles (Harmonies poétiques et religieuses) S.173/7 [53:38]

piano: Baldwin SD-10”
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canderson on December 11, 2022 at 4:21 pm

For Saratoga, please read Saratoga Springs, New York State.
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canderson on December 11, 2022 at 4:25 pm

Bolet also plays Rhapsody in Blue here, http://www.colinscolumn.com/george-gershwins-rhapsody-in-blue-played-by-jorge-bolet-with-paul-whiteman-conducting-the-bell-telephone-hour-orchestra-recorded-in-1961/.
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