Ravel La Valse, Schumann Fantasiestuecke

My wife and I were friends with the late pianist Ruth Laredo, and she planned a rehearsal of her season opener for Alice Tully Hall at our apartment on the evening of Sept. 11th. We had invited several friends. On that terrible morning I called Ruth and she said she wanted to go through with it. "Otherwise the terrorists win," she said. So we did and it was a deeply moving experience. She played the Beethoven Appassionata, some Scriabin preludes and the 10th sonata, Ravel's La Valse, Schumann's Fantasiestuecke, and some Chopin pieces. We of course can never forget that day. or Ruth.

John