Episode Details

It's a Ravel 125th birthday party with one hand behind his back. Walter Morales plays the Chatham University "Friday Afternoon Musicale: Romantic Piano Music for the Left Hand Alone." It's a free concert Friday September 19, 2025 at 4pm in the James Laughlin Music Center. Robert Frankenberry will play the orchestral reduction on a second piano for the concerto. Walter includes composers who wrote for the left hand from Ravel's world including Blumenfeld, Alkan, Saint-Saens, Mosakowski and Godowsky.  The Maestro also details the Edgewood Symphony's October 19th event at Carnegie Music Hall where Walter will play the Ravel concerto with Maria Sensi Sellner conducting, plus there will be two world premieres from Robert Schulz and Danny English and Rimsky-Korsakoff's Scheherazade. Walter Morales will take a bow on the occasion of his twentieth year as music director. Thanks for tuning in to WQED's Voice of the Arts, Pittsburgh's trusted source for arts and culture in our region. Whether you're passionate about classical music, film, theater, opera, or local music, we’re here to bring you closer to the heart of Pittsburgh's local arts scene. Don’t miss our musician interviews, the latest local music news, and performing arts insights from across the Southwestern Pennsylvania region.  Subscribe and follow to stay connected with the vibrant voices shaping Pittsburgh’s creative community. Visit https://www.wqed.org/ to see what else WQED is doing in our community. Until next time, keep supporting the arts and keep listening to Voice of the Arts. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.