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.

Learn more about the concert with the Symphony Prelude before the show on Saturday with D. T. Baker.

Rachmaninoff4 from Edmonton Symphony Orchestra on Vimeo.