Join us on Sunday, Nov. 28th at 1 PM on WRTI 90.1 and Monday, Nov. 29th at 7 PM on WRTI HD-2 to hear this Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert broadcast from 2018 that brings you a work the Orchestra has performed as often as any in its history, the Symphony No. 2 by Sergei Rachmaninoff, conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin.
A work first performed by the Orchestra under the direction of the composer himself, the Symphony No. 2 is the second of three symphonies Rachmaninoff would compose before leaving Russia after the Russian Revolution.
During intermission, WRTI’s Susan Lewis has a conversation with Ricardo Morales, The Philadelphia Orchestra’s extraordinary principal clarinet, who talks about the challenges of the famous third-movement clarinet solo in the Rachmaninoff. Also on the program is Bartok's Concerto for Orchestra.
PROGRAM:
Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2
Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra
The Philadelphia Orchestra
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor
Listen to The Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert broadcasts, every Sunday at 1 pm on WRTI 90.1, streaming online at WRTI.org, and on the WRTI mobile app! Listen again on Mondays at 7 pm on WRTI HD-2.
