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The WDR Symphony Orchestra performs on this episode of 'SymphonyCast.'
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Featured on this weeks episode of SymphonyCast is Guillaume Connesson's highly expressive orchestral piece Flammenschrift, which is characterized by rhythmic eruptions to act as a volcanically boiling musical contrast. We also hear Jean Sibelius’ Violin Concerto and Maurice Ravel's La Valse. Listen now with host Steve Seel.

Hour 1

GUILLAUME CONNESSON: Flammenschrift
SIBELIUS: Violin Concerto
J.S. BACH: Preludio from Partita

Hour 2

ROUSSELL: Bacchus et Ariane, Suite 2
RAVEL: La Valse

WDR Symphony Orchestra
Stephane Deneve, conductor
Augustin Hadelich, violin

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