Now Hear This “Rachmaninoff Reborn” Preview
Preview: Season 52 Episode 13 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions
Discover Rachmaninoff's reinvention as an American artist after losing everything in Russia.
Follow Rachmaninoff’s journey from a Russian aristocrat to an American artist after the Bolshevik revolution. Forced to rebuild at 44, he embraced modern technology, toured extensively and reinvented his career while longing for his lost homeland.
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Major series funding for GREAT PERFORMANCES is provided by The Joseph & Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation, the Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Arts Fund, the LuEsther T. Mertz Charitable Trust, Sue...
Now Hear This “Rachmaninoff Reborn” Preview
Preview: Season 52 Episode 13 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions
Follow Rachmaninoff’s journey from a Russian aristocrat to an American artist after the Bolshevik revolution. Forced to rebuild at 44, he embraced modern technology, toured extensively and reinvented his career while longing for his lost homeland.
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At 44 years old, Sergei Rachmaninoff fled the Russian Revolution.
He was fille with longing for his homeland.
But the problem was the kind of Russia he left behind didn't exist anymore.
He overcame serious challenges to rebuild his career in America.
Come with me on Now Hear This.
to see how Rachmaninoff was reborn on Great Performances.
Rachmaninoff's Rhapsody on Paganini
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Yevgeny Sudbin and Scott Yoo explain Rachmaninoff's "Rhapsody on Paganini." (4m 5s)
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Using an Ampico piano scroll, Scott Yoo watches Rachmaninoff play the piano. (3m 10s)
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Major series funding for GREAT PERFORMANCES is provided by The Joseph & Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation, the Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Arts Fund, the LuEsther T. Mertz Charitable Trust, Sue...