>> ROCK MAN NOVEMBER GREW UP IN RUSSIA LIKE MYSELF.

HE CAME TO THE UNITED STATES AND DIED IN 1945.

THERE IS CERTAIN DEFLECTIVE MELL AN ALCOHOLYA IN HIS WORK WHICH A TRANSPLANTED BEING KNOWS SO THERE IS SOME ELEMENT OF LONGING THAT I IDENTIFY WITH AND MANY OTHER PEOPLE HAVE THE SAME.

WE ARE CELEBRATING 150th BIRTHDAY OF FRANCE.

HE WAS BORN IN 1833, SO I LIKE TO HONOR MR.

BRAHMS ON THE PROGRAM THIS WEEK.

HE WROTE A WONDERFUL RHAPSODY AFTER HE HAD WRITTEN TWO SYMPHONIES.

THE RHAPSODY WAS '46.

WORK ITSELF IS DEALING WITH UNION OF OPPOSITES.

FIRST SPOT HAS A VERY STRONG CONTEMPT WUSS DECREE DENSE IN B MINOR.

THE SECOND PART IS TRANQUIL, RECONCILED, IN D MAJOR.

>> BEFORE CONCERTS I HAVE TO GO INTO TRAINING.

THEN I PRACTICE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

I TRY TO PUT AS MUCH PRACTICE BEFORE CONCERTS AS POSSIBLE.

AND DO IT IN BETWEEN I TRY TO LEARN NEW PIECES.

FIREWORKS, ANOTHER PRELUDE, IS VERY EXPLOSIVE BY NATURE.

IT STARTS WITH TINY LITTLE SPARKS AND THEN DEVELOPS INTO BEAUTIFUL PLAY OF FIREWORKS AT THE END WHEN THE FIREWORKS SUBSIDE IF ONE LISTENS VERY CAREFUL ONE CAN HEAR FRENCH NATIONAL ANTHEM, A FRAGMENT OF >> ALL MICON SERTS, MOST OF MICON SERTS ARE HERE APPEARED I PLAY HERE.

LET'S SEE, I PLAYED IN OCTOBER I PLAYED AT DARTMOUTH COLLEGE.

I PLAYED A LOT OF CHAMBER MUSIC IN VERMONT WITH VERMONT MUSICIANS.

I WOULD SAY THAT'S MY HOME TERRITORY AND THAT'S WHAT I PLAY.

IT DOESN'T TAKE ME AWAY FROM HOME.

I HAVE MARVEL LANCE HERE.

MY FRIENDS, MY FAMILY.

THAT'S VERY SPECIAL.

THAT IS VERY SPECIAL.

AND AS YOU KNOW I PLAY EVERY SUMMER FOR THE ORCHESTRA.

THEY WILL BE COMING AGAIN IN JULY, SO I HAVE THE BEST OF POSSIBLE WORGDZ RIGHT HERE IN BURLINGTON, VERMONT.

THIS IS TELLING OF A STORY.

EVERYTHING AND EVERYBODY HAS A STORY.

MY STORY IS I CAME TO BURLINGTON, VERMONT, 18 YEARS AGO.

I WAS MARRIED HERE.

I HAVE LARGE FAMILY.

MOTHER OF FIVE SONS.

I TEACH.

I BRING UP MY CHILDREN AND I PLAY CONCERTS.

NOW LET US LISTEN TO CHOPIN'S TELLING OF THE STORY IN HIS >> FOR MORE CLASSIC PROGRAMS, VISIT