Szeps-Znaider & Carpenter

Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider leads Poulenc’s Concerto in G Minor for Organ, Strings, and Timpani and Saint-Saëns’s Symphony No. 3, featuring organ soloist Cameron Carpenter. The broadcast opens with Dukas’s Sorcerer’s Apprentice and rounds out with Daniel Barenboim leading Ravel’s Daphnis and Chloe and Boléro.

Broadcast available through June 4, 2026

Paul Dukas The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
Francis Poulenc Concerto in G Minor for Organ, Strings, and Timpani
Encore Johann Sebastian Bach Variation No. 20 from Goldberg Variations, BWV 988
Camille Saint-Saëns Symphony No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 78 (Organ)
Cameron Carpenter organ
Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider conductor
December 2022

Maurice Ravel Suite No. 2 from Daphnis and Chloe
Maurice Ravel Boléro
Daniel Barenboim conductor
1991 (Erato)

Production
Brian Wise producer
Charlie Post music producer and audio engineer
Lisa Simeone host

26-23

This broadcast was produced by Brian Wise, with assistance from Jiwon Sun, Frank Villella, and Logan Goulart. Music production was by Charlie Post. Vanessa Moss is the executive producer. Lisa Simeone is the series host. 

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