Audio
Track 1. Piano Concerto in A Minor for Piano and Orchestra (First Movement)
Concert pianist Mona Golabek introduces "Piano Concerto in A Minor for Piano and Orchestra (First Movement)."
Audio Length
02:03Subject
- History
- Social Studies
Language
English — USUpdated
Edvard H. Grieg (Composer); performed by Mona Golabek
This audio track can be used with activities and discussions found in A Teacher’s Resource to The Children of Willesden Lane on pages 25 and 43.
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