The Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic led by Antoni Wit music by the Polish conductor’s countryman Zygmunt Noskowski (1846–1909).

Although Noskowski is less well known than his teacher Stanisław Moniuszko or his students Karol Szymanowski and Mieczysław Karłowicz, he was nonetheless the primary exponent of modern symphonic music in Poland for most of the 19th century. He also introduced the idea of the symphonic poem to colleagues who would follow in his footsteps. This program of his Third Symphony and the symphonic poem The Steppe blends sweeping Romanticism with Polish folk spirit. The symphony is a journey through the seasons, while The Steppe evokes Poland’s vast landscapes with hints of Borodin’s In the Steppes of Central Asia.