Horowitz at Carnegie Hall

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Vladimir Horowitz, the Russian-American pianist, retired from public performance in 1953. A full twelve years later, he decided that his retirement had been premature and, on May 9th 1965, he made his dramatic comeback at New York's Carnegie Hall. Almost forty years on, Paul Gambaccini returns to Carnegie Hall with some of those who remember that historic afternoon as one of their most treasured moments: those who queued for two nights two get standing room tickets, the man who tuned the piano, and the record executive who literally had to push the nervous maestro on stage! Producer: Marya Burgess