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SymphonyCast 11/12/2012 (Hour 2)


RESPIGHI: Fontane di Roma
PROKOFIEV: Violin Concerto No. 2
RACHMANINOV: Symphony No. 1
BRAHMS: Tragic Overture, Op. 81 -Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bernard Haitink (Philips 442068) BRAHMS The Symphonies

A of Troy, AL won this week's contest by id'ing Schubert's Erlking. Congratulations, Catherine!

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Edgar S. of Augusta, GA, won this week's encore contest by correctly id'ing Schubert's Der Erlkoening.

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Nothing is worse than having your life determined by people who show up unprepared, and that's exactly what happened to Rachmaninov. At the first performance of his first symphony, the conductor showed up drunk and the orchestra hadn't practiced. In the words of Homer Simpson, "D'oh!"


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