Rachmaninoff’s Symphony No. 3

Rachmaninoff lived in America in his later years, and it was here that he wrote his Symphony No. 3. Filled with his trademark Romantic melodies, yet enhanced with modernist touches, the innovative Third remains a favorite among audiences. Bernstein’s violin concerto Serenade (after Plato’s Symposium) is one of his most lyrical and appealing works, while Sophia Jani’s I Wish You Daisies and Roses captures her joy after the birth of her first child.