Brahms’s symphonies were the first recordings ever purchased by conductor Edo de Waart, as he recounts in an interview below. For this broadcast, he conducts that composer’s Third Symphony from the same score he’s used for forty-five years. Orion Weiss also performs Mozart’s Piano Concerto no. 25 and discusses his musical upbringing in Cleveland. To close, we have a classic CSO recording with sixth music director Fritz Reiner.

Ippolito Nocturne for Orchestra
Mozart Piano Concerto No. 25 in C Major, K. 503
Orion Weiss, piano
Brahms Symphony No. 3 in F Major, Op. 90
Edo de Waart, conductor
Originally recorded at concerts in March 2015

Schubert Symphony No. 5 in B-flat Major, D. 485
Fritz Reiner, conductor
Recorded by RCA in Orchestra Hall on April 27, 1960

This program will be available until November 10, 2018.

Program notes for Ippolito’s Nocturne, Mozart’s Piano Concerto no. 25, and Brahms’s Third Symphony can be found here.

Performer Biographies
Orion Weiss, piano
Edo de Waart, conductor
Fritz Reiner, conductor

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