Rachmaninoff & Respighi

June 12, 2025, 10:00 pm

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A young Rachmaninoff sits at the piano, black and white photo.
Young Rachmaninoff sitting at the piano. (Photo: http://www.senar.ru/photos, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)

Conductors Kurt Masur, Eugene Ormandy, and Artur Rodzinski take turns leading works by Sergei Rachmaninoff, including the composer’s soaring Piano Concerto No. 3, featuring Vladimir Horowitz.

Giuseppe Sinopoli then takes over to lead Ottorino Respighi’s Feste Romane (Roman Festivals).