Week of April 2, 2012


Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra
Warsaw Philharmonic Chorus
Jerzy Semkow, conductor
Brigitte Fournier, soprano
Tove Dahlberg, mezzo
Benjamin Bruns, tenor
Simon Kirkbride, bass

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Program:
MOZART: Mass no. 18 in c minor, K427 "Great"
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 5 in c, Op. 67
RACHMANINOV: mvt. 1, Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 18 –Sviatoslav Richter, piano Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Stanislaw Wislocki (DG 447 420)

Description:
The right hairstylist can make you look great. The same can be said for music. Mozart had a new wife who was a singer and to show off her modest ability (no really, she was just okay) he wrote this mass. And, helped her sound like a million bucks.

Enter this week's Encore Contest

Bill G from Phoenix, AZ, won last week's encore contest by id'ing Chopin's Fantaisie-Impromptu.

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