CSO Program Notes: Canellakis Conducts Rachmaninov

28/03/2025 20 min
CSO Program Notes: Canellakis Conducts Rachmaninov

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Earth, in all its marvelous vitality and fragility, has inspired generations of composers. In The Oceanides, Sibelius conjures the water nymphs of Greek mythology and the broad majesty of the sea. Dvořák’s The Wild Dove is based on a dark folktale about a dove’s prophetic song. Childhood memories shape Rachmaninov’s Symphonic Dances, his sumptuous masterpiece.

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