Music from the War to End All Wars: Ravel, Bartok, Prokofiev

Maurice Ravel — Piano Trio in A minor
Béla Bartók — Romanian Folk Dances for piano, Sz. 56, BB 68
Sergei Prokofiev — Piano Sonata No. 4 in C minor, Op. 29 "D’après des vieux cahiers" ("After Old Notebooks")

This series, produced by piano professor Robin McCabe in commemoration of the centennial of the beginning of the Great War, features music composed during World War I, with historical context offered in commentary and narration.


This concert features music by Ravel, Bartok, and Prokofiev, with a pre-concert lecture, “Music in the silentness of duty; peace where the shell-storms spouted red,” by UW philosophy professor Ronald Moore.

Ravel – Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano (Trio Andromeda)
Bartok – Six Roumanian Folk Dances (Corentin Pokorny, violin; Jane Heinrichs, piano)
Prokofiev – Sonata No. 4 for Piano (Lidia Kotlova, piano)

Lecture: 4 p.m.*
Concert: 4:30 p.m.

* Paid admission to the 4 pm lecture includes admission to the 4:30 pm concert.

Tickets $10 (cash or check at the door), Notecard.

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