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Week of December 10, 2012


Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Mariss Jansons — Conductor
Leif Ove Andsnes — Piano


SymphonyCast 12/10/2012 (Hour 1)
SymphonyCast 12/10/2012 (Hour 2)


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Program
BRAHMS: Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 83
WAGNER: Vorspiel und Liebestod 'Tristan und Isolde'
R. STRAUSS: Der Rosenkavalier, Suite, Op. 59
DEBUSSY: Danses sacree et profane pour harpe et orchestra a cords — Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bernard Haitink, conductor, Vera Badings, harp (Philips 438742) Debussy Orchestra Music including Prelude a l'Apres-midi d'un faune, etc.

Nora H. of Hartford, IL won this week's encore contest by correctly picking out Grieg's March of the Trolls.

Description:
It's the almost-a-symphony! Brahms was so gun-shy about writing a "Symphony" that he wrote one and called it a piano concerto instead.



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Mariss Jansons
Mariss Jansons
Leif Ove Andsnes
Leif Ove Andsnes
Johannes Brahms
Johannes Brahms
Richard Wagner
Richard Wagner