Week of October 17th
Love Story: Piano Themes from Cinema’s Golden Age
Valentina Lisitsa, piano
Dubbed the YouTube sensation of classical music, pianist Valentina Lisitsa has used social media to move her career into the stratosphere. She has just released a new recording called “Love Story: Piano Themes from Cinema’s Golden Age”. She joins the BBC Concert Orchestra for such favorites as The Warsaw Concerto by Richard Addinsell, the theme from Murder on the Orient Express by Richard Rodney Bennett, plus music from On Golden Pond, The Apartment, and more.
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KUSC Staff
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