Rachmaninoff & Shostakovich

Conducted by ESO Chief Conductor Alexander Prior, two works from Russian late-romanticists are featured in contrast with a work by a contemporary American composer. One of Shostakovich’s most powerful symphonies is paired with Rachmaninoff’s brilliant final concerto, featuring Russian-born Israeli pianist Boris Giltburg. This concert’s third work is Missy Mazzoli’s River Rouge Transfiguration, a work for orchestra which finds inspiration in the American grit and industry that forged a nation.

Click here for a video about the Shostakovich symphony featuring ESO Chief Conductor Alexander Prior.
And, click here for some thoughts from Alexander Prior about the Rachmaninoff Fourth Piano Concerto.

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Rachmaninoff4 from Edmonton Symphony Orchestra on Vimeo.