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Simon Rattle

ORCHESTRA IN HD!
Sir Simon Rattle conducts "Gala from Berlin" featuring
Lang Lang and the Berliner Philharmoniker

Sunday, December 16 at 3 p.m.
$15 adults, $5 children/students

You don't need a passport to see the Berliner Philharmoniker, conducted by Sir Simon Rattle and featuring piano superstar Lang Lang! In this encore HD broadcast from the Philharmoniker's home concert hall in Berlin - the Philharmonie - the world-renown orchestra presents works by two Russian composers. Sergei Rachmaninov's Second Piano Concerto highlights Lang Lang's virtuosity and the Philharmoniker's supple orchestral sound. The Nutcracker Suite by Piotr Ilych Tchaikovsky completes the program.




Sergei Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18
Piotr Ilych Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71 (Act II)
Piotr Ilych Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker Suite (Act I) "Waltz of the Snowflakes"
Frédéric Chopin: Etude No. 1, Op. 25