Alsop & Vondráček

This week on CSOradio, Marin Alsop leads Rachmaninov’s Second Piano Concerto with Lukáš Vondráček, Barber’s First Symphony and Elgar’s Enigma Variations. Ninth music director Daniel Barenboim concludes the program, leading the Prologue, Tonight, Rumble and Somewhere from the Symphonic Dances from Bernstein’s West Side Story.

Broadcast available through August 27, 2025

Barber Symphony No. 1, Op. 9
Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18
Lukáš Vondráček piano
Elgar Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36 (Enigma)
Marin Alsop conductor
February 2022

Bernstein Prologue, Tonight, Rumble and Somewhere from West Side Story
Daniel Barenboim conductor
1997 (Teldec)

Production
Brian Wise producer
Charlie Post audio engineer
Lisa Simeone host
Michael Schweppe host engineer
Neil Tevault host engineer

24-30

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