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Dayton Philharmonic: Rachmaninoff's Second Symphony


Kensho Wantanabe, conductor
Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra

Program
Richard Wagner: Act 1 Prelude from Lohengrin 
Claude Debussy: Ibéria 
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27 

Amid appearances with the world’s top ensembles, emerging conductor Kensho Watanabe leads the Philharmonic in a tribute to Rachmaninoff’s Sesquicentennial (150th birthday) with one of the composer’s most beloved works, Symphony No. 2. Watanabe takes the audience on a journey starting with Wagner’s heavenly harmonics and rich textures in Lohengrin to Debussy’s Spanish-infused Ibéria.

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