Great composers and their next moves — Part 3

By Dan Margolies,

Published April 19, 2022 at 3:58 PM CDT

Behzod Abduraimov performs Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2 with Michael Stern and the Kansas City Symphony, March 2016

This week we'll listen to the Kansas City Symphony perform another trio of twos: Beethoven's Second Piano Concerto, Rachmaninoff's Second Piano Concerto and Leonard Bernstein's Symphony No. 2, "The Age of Anxiety."

An agreement with the Kansas City Symphony allows us to share audio for this program up to four weeks after the program's original air date. You can listen to currently available episodes here.

Hosts

Michael Stern
Dan Margolies

Program

Concerto No. 2 in B-flat Major for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 19
by Ludwig van Beethoven
Yevgeny Sudbin, piano
Carlos Kalmar, guest conductor
Live performance, March 2015

Symphony No. 2 "The Age of Anxiety"
by Leonard Bernstein
Ran Dank, piano
Live performance, June 2018

Concerto No. 2 in C Minor for Piano And Orchestra, Op. 18
by Sergei Rachmaninoff
Behzod Abduraimov, piano
Live performance, March 2016