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Felix Mildenberger conducts Mussorgsky’s Night on Bald Mountain, Rachmaninoff’s brilliant Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini with acclaimed pianist Gerhard Oppitz, and Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 5, one of the 20th century’s most compelling symphonic pieces.
ARTISTS:
Felix Mildenberger, conductor
Gerhard Oppitz, piano
PROGRAMME:
Modest Mussorgsky: St. John’s Night on Bald Mountain
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43
Intermission
Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No.5 in D Minor, Op. 47
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