Copland & Rachmaninoff

Name: Copland & Rachmaninoff
Start: 2026-05-16T19:30:00-07:00
End: 2026-05-16T22:30:00-07:00
Location: Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall

Schedule

Sat May 16 2026 at 07:30 pm to 10:30 pm

UTC-07:00

Location

Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall | Portland, OR

Fasten your seatbelt as Alessio Bax tackles Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 3, a creation of massive power and drive and one of the hardest-to-master works in the repertoire. After its premiere in New York City, a critic wrote that “its great length and extreme difficulties bar it from performances by any but pianists of exceptional technical powers.” Its quiet start leads into an astonishing unleashing of notes and hurtles to a riveting conclusion. Copland’s Third Symphony also was first presented in the U.S. Its spirit is undeniably “American”—vital, optimistic, and big-hearted—triumphantly exclaimed in the finale’s stirring “Fanfare for the Common Man.”
Matthias Pintscher Conductor
Alessio Bax Piano