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Mussorgsky, Kancheli, Borodin, and Shostakovich

February 25, 2022, 9:00 pm

Modest Mussorgsky

Leonard Bernstein and Kurt Masur share the podium for this program of music from Russia and Georgia.

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Mussorgsky/Rimsky-Korsakov: Khovanshchina: Prelude: Dawn on the Moskva River
Leonard Bernstein, conductor

Kancheli: And Farewell Goes Out Sighing…
Kurt Masur, conductor

Borodin: In the Steppes of Central Asia
Leonard Bernstein, conductor

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 7 in C Major, Op. 60, “Leningrad”
Leonard Bernstein, conductor

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