Shani & Rana

This week, Lahav Shani makes his CSO debut in Rachmaninov’s Symphonic Dances. Included in the program is Prokofiev’s Symphony No.1 and Rachmaninov’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini featuring Beatrice Rana. Rounding out the program, Daniel Barenboim leads the CSO in Wagner’s The Ride of The Valkyries, Forest Murmurs, and Siegfried’s Death and Funeral March.

Broadcast available through April 6, 2026 

Sergei Prokofiev Symphony No. 1 in D Major (Classical)
Sergei Rachmaninov Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Beatrice Rana piano
ENCORE Pyotr Tchaikovsky Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy from The Nutcracker, Op. 71 (for piano four hands)
Beatrice Rana and Lahav Shani piano
Sergei Rachmaninov Symphonic Dances, Op. 45
Lahav Shani conductor
February 2023

Richard Wagner The Ride of the Valkyries from Die Walküre
Richard Wagner Forest Murmurs from Siegfried
Richard Wagner Siegfried’s Death and Funeral March from Götterdämmerung
Daniel Barenboim conductor
1991 (Erato)

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

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Beatrice Rana appears courtesy of Warner Classics.