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Rachmaninoff Symphony No. 2 | DSO Live

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James Ehnes
James Ehnes

FRI MAY 26 at 10:45AM on 90.5 FM and Classical 24/7 stream | Virtuosic Canadian violinist James Ehnes returns in the first Detroit performances of a concerto by celebrated orchestral and film composer James Newton Howard (The Hunger Games series), and guest conductor Cristian M?celaru leads Rachmaninoff's romantic Second Symphony.

Artists

Cristian Macelaru, conductor
James Ehnes, violin

Program

JAMES NEWTON HOWARD Violin Concerto (DSO premiere)
RACHMANINOFF Symphony No. 2

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