Shani and Rana

March 1, 2026, 6:00 pm

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Lahav Shani looks playfully around a corner in a sunlit urban scene
Lahav Shani (Photo: Marco Borggreve)

Lahav Shani makes his CSO debut in Rachmaninoff’s Symphonic Dances. Included in the program is Prokofiev’s Symphony No.1 and Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini featuring Beatrice Rana. Rounding out the program, Daniel Barenboim leads the CSO in Wagner’s The Ride of The Valkyries, Forest Murmurs, and Siegfried’s Death and Funeral March.

Playlist

Sergei Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1 in D Major (“Classical”)

Sergei Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Beatrice Rana, piano

Encore – Pyotr Tchaikovsky: “Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy” from The Nutcracker, Op. 71 (for piano four hands)
Beatrice Rana and Lahav Shani, piano

Sergei Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances, Op. 45
Lahav Shani conductor
February 2023

Richard Wagner: “The Ride of the Valkyries” from Die Walküre
Daniel Barenboim, conductor
1991 (Erato)

Richard Wagner: “Forest Murmurs” from Siegfried
Daniel Barenboim, conductor
1991 (Erato)

Richard Wagner: “Siegfried’s Death and Funeral March” from Götterdämmerung
Daniel Barenboim, conductor
1991 (Erato)