Haydn's changing times, Rimsky-Korsokov's 'Easter Overture' and Rachmaninoff's youthful Concerto

By Dan Margolies,

Published March 28, 2024 at 1:50 PM CDT

A standing ovation for pianist Alon Goldstein, Michael Stern and The Kansas City Symphony in Helzberg Hall, January 2019.

Celebrate the 292nd birthday of Franz Joseph Haydn by hearing the Kansas City Symphony perform three of the prolific composer's works. We'll also hear Nikolai Rimsky-Korsokov's rousing "Russian Easter Festival Overture" and the first of Sergei Rachmaninoff's four genre-defining piano concertos.

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

Overture to L'incontro improvviso
by Franz Joseph Haydn
Gilbert Varga, guest conductor
Live performance, April 2014

Concerto No. 1 in C major for Violin and Orchestra
by Franz Joseph Haydn
Augustin Hadelich, violin
Live performance, June 2018

Encore - Caprice No. 21
by Niccolò Paganini
Augustin Hadelich, violin
Live performance, June 2018

Symphony No. 64 in A major "Tempura mutantur"
by Franz Joseph Haydn
Live performance, June 2021

Russian Easter Festival Overture, Op. 36
by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsokov
Carlos Miguel Prieto, guest conductor
Live performance, November 2011

Concerto No. 1 in F sharp minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 1
by Sergei Rachmaninoff
Alon Goldstein, piano
Live performance, January 2019

"Air on a G string" from Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068
by Johann Sebastian Bach
Live performance, January 2014