This concert featured the world premiere of guest conductor Jonathan Schiffman’s Idee Fixe, the Ravel Piano Concerto, and Haydn’s Symphony No. 95.
Sunday, October 24, 2004, 2:00 pm
The Broadway Presbyterian Church, New York
Jonathan Schiffman, guest conductor
Christopher Guzman, piano
Jonathan Schiffman
Idée Fixe
Composed in 2004
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 95 in C Minor
Maurice Ravel
Piano Concerto in G Major
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