Of Note for Tuesday, June 2, 2015: Epic Rite of Spring Distilled to One Piano for Four Hands

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Published June 2, 2015 at 10:53 AM CDT

Alice Sara Ott and Francesco Tristano approach the grandiose sounds of Rimsky-Korsakov, Ravel and Stravinsky via one piano for four hands in their latest release Scandale. Catch their rendering of Stravinsky's Rite of Spring on Tuesday's program.

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