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Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 3

KWIT | By Mark Munger

Published June 29, 2015 at 4:14 PM CDT

As the Tchaikovsky Competition is now smack dab in the middle of its final round, we thought it fitting to play the recording made of Van Cliburn at Carnegie Hall shortly after his historic win of the very first Tchaikovsky Competition. Here he plays Rachmaninoff's Third Piano Concerto, one of the most beloved and feared of the genre. KirilKondrashin, who conducted the orchestra in Moscow, was invited to conduct this concert as well. It was a truly warm moment during the Cold War.

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Mark Munger

Mark Munger first began listening to public radio as a child in the back of his Mom's VW Vanagon, falling in love with the stories on Morning Edition and Prairie Home Companion and the laughter of Click and Clack on Car Talk. Through KWIT, he was introduced to the great orchestras and jazz artists, the sounds of folk and blues, and the eclectic expressions of humanity. This American Life and Radiolab arrived in his formative college years and made him want nothing more than to be a part of the public radio world.

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