Makiko Hirata, piano

Описание: Pianist Makiko Hirata plays a program on the theme “Listening to Nature,” with pieces from Edvard Grieg's Lyric Pieces, Op. 43 and Maurice Ravel's Suite Miroirs, plus a programmatic Etude by Frédéric Chopin.

Dr. Hirata on the Web: https://musicalmakiko.com/


0:00 Opening

“Listening to Nature”
0:31 Introduction to the program
5:28 Little Bird from Lyric Pieces, Op. 43 (Edvard Grieg)
7:30 Oiseaux Tristes (Sad Birds) from Suite Miroirs (Maurice Ravel)
11:59 0:00 Introduction to the next two pieces
13:39 Butterfly from )Lyric Pieces,_ (Grieg)
15:30 Noctuelles (Night-Moths) from Suite Miroirs (Ravel)
20:26 Introduction to the final pieces
24:28 Chopin Etude in C Minor, Op. 25-12, “Ocean” (Frédéric Chopin)
31:31 Une Barque sur l'ocean (A Boat on the Ocean) (Maurice Ravel)

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This is Music at Noon Online episode 332, recorded before an in-person audience 2023-05-10, premiered online 2023-05-24.