(Sundays, 6 to 7pm)
WRTI SPOTLIGHT
Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff was a composer, pianist, and conductor
Tune in or listen online on Wednesday, April 1st between 6 am and 6 pm to hear many of the beloved Russian composer's works, including some of his famous solo piano compositions.
"Music is enough for a lifetime, but a lifetime is not enough for music" -- Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)
A Taste of What You'll Hear on April 1st:
- Piano Concerto No. 3 with pianist Vladimir Horowitz, and Eugene Ormandy conducting the New York Philharmonic @ 11 am
- Suite No. 1 for two pianos with Brenda Lucas and John Ogden @ 3 pm
- Some of Rachmaninoff's early works will be heard, with selections from his opera Aleko, and the Rimsky-Korsakov-inspired Capriccio Bohemien @ 4 pm
- Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini with Lang Lang, and the Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theater, Valery Gergiev, conductor @ 5:30 pm
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