Romantic Favorites and Charles Peck's Metropolitan: Symphony in C, Jan. 25 at 3 PM on WRTI

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Published January 20, 2015 at 2:57 PM EST

Composer Charles Peck's "Metropolitan" is featured in this broadcast.

Gems from the Romantic repertoire take center stage following a performance of the winning entry in the 2015 Young Composers Competition with music by Charles Peck. One of the first concerti of the Romantic age, Mendelssohn’s Piano Concerto No. 1, will feature pianist Roman Rabinovich. The concert concludes with Tchaikovsky’s Manfred Symphony in B minor, based on Lord Byron’s dramatic metaphysical poem. Rossen Milanov conductsSymphony in C.

Program:
Charles Peck: Metropolitan

Mendelssohn: Piano Concerto No.1 in G minor, Opus 25

Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony in B minor, Opus 58

Rossen Milanov, conductor
Roman Rabinovich, piano