Finally this hour, some music that shows a very different side of composer Sergei Rachmaninov.

NPR: Rachmaninov's Refreshing 'All Night Vigil'

The film will feature Sir Simon Rattle conducting the Berlin Philharmonic performing Mahler's Symphony No 1 and Rachmaninov's Symphonic Dances.

BBC: Sir Simon Rattle

But Rachmaninov wrote completely new music for the other five sections.

NPR: Rachmaninov's Refreshing 'All Night Vigil'

Sergei Rachmaninov, the composer of this spiritual testament to his homeland, died in 1943 in Beverly Hills, California, then was buried in Westchester County, New York, a long way from home.

NPR: Rachmaninov's Refreshing 'All Night Vigil'

Mitchell's mentors include Rachmaninov - "Beyond the music, he was a composer, a conductor, a pianist all at the highest level, and they're often roles that jazz musicians play simultaneously" - and the great jazz pianists.

BBC: Robert Mitchell

The Wall Street banker-turned-lingerie queen rented nothing less than New York's famed Carnegie Hall, plus a whole 85-piece orchestra, so she could regale 2, 500 of her dearest friends and family -- including dad, Manila construction tycoon Felipe Cruz -- with compositions by Schumann and Rachmaninov.

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