October 2015 programs on the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra

Hear Ravel's Rapsodie espagnole on the Oct 27th broadcast.

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This month on the San Fransisco Symphony presents Maurice Ravel's Rapsodie espagnole conducted in this archival performance by the late Spanish conductor Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos.  The Rapsodie espagnole was one of Ravel's first major orchestral works, composed in 1907 reflecting his Spanish heritage.

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10/6      Sibelius: Night Ride and Sunrise Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Stravinsky: Symphonies of Wind Instruments Sibelius: Symphony No. 6 Haydn: Symphony No. 60, Il distratto (Daniil Trifonov, p; Osmo Vänskä and Michael Tilson Thomas, cond)

10/13    Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1 Dutilleux: Métaboles Ravel: La Valse Debussy: Nocturnes (Hélène Grimaud, p; Lionel Bringuier and Michael Tilson Thomas, cond)

10/20    Mozart: Overture from The Abduction from the Seraglio Sibelius: Violin Concerto Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 Respighi: Roman Festivals (Simone Lamsma, v; Jaap van Zweden and Michael Tilson Thomas, cond)

10/27    Haydn: Symphony No. 6, Le Matin Haydn: Cello Concerto No. 1 Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole (Alisa Weilerstein, c; Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos and Michael Tilson Thomas, cond)