WFMT spoke to the Chicago-born Lewis in 2015, when, at the age of 80, his music received its first CSO performance.
From 2015: Ramsey Lewis On His Long Overdue CSO Debut
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Playlist
Debussy: “Gigues” from Images, set 3
Bartók: Violin Concerto No. 2
Gil Shaham, violin
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade
Robert Chen, violin
Riccardo Muti conducts Higdon and Britten
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Playlist
Stravinsky: Scherzo fantastique, Op. 3
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Jay Friedman, trombone; Michael Mulcahy, trombone; Charles Vernon, bass trombone; Gene Pokorny, tuba
Chausson: Poem of Love and the Sea, Op. 19
Clémentine Margaine, mezzo-soprano
Britten: Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes, Op. 33a
Bartók: Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta
Fritz Reiner, conductor
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