Marin Alsop opens this program with Barber’s First Symphony and Rachmaninoff’s Second Piano Concerto, featuring Lukáš Vondráček in his debut performances, followed by Elgar’s Enigma Variations. The broadcast also includes music by Alsop’s mentor, Leonard Bernstein: the Prologue, Tonight, Rumble, and Somewhere from West Side Story, under the baton of Daniel Barenboim from a 1998 Teldec recording.
Alsop & Vondráček
Marin Alsop (Photo: Platon)
Playlist
Works conducted by Marin Alsop except where otherwise noted
Samuel Barber: Symphony No. 1, Op. 9
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18
Lukáš Vondráček, piano
Edward Elgar: Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36 (Enigma)
Leonard Bernstein: Prologue, Tonight, Rumble, and Somewhere from West Side Story
Daniel Barenboim, conductor