Maurice Ravel’s Piano Concerto for the Left Hand is not a work written merely to showcase a performer’s virtuosity. It is a vast musical epic born from the convergence of two forces: the despair of a pianist who lost his right arm in the catastrophe of the First World War, and a composer’s relentless determination … Continue reading Ravel, Piano Concerto for the Left Hand | A Sublime Design Drawn from the Abyss of Loss