Nov 7
- shostakoworld2020
- Nov 7, 2024
- 1 min read
Updated: Nov 10, 2024
On November 7th, 1934, Rachmaninoff's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini was first performed in Baltimore, with Rachmaninoff as piano soloist and Stokowski conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra. The piece is a set of 24 variations on a theme by Niccolò Paganini, and the variation 18 is particularly famous.
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