Rachmaninoff’s 3rd Piano Concerto
Schedule
Thu Oct 10 2024 at 07:30 pm to 09:30 pm
Location
Gaillard Center | Charleston, SC
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Join us for a concert that celebrates extraordinary creative forces joining together. Of all the great piano concertos ever written, Rachmaninoff’s 3rd tops the list. Acclaimed young American pianist Drew Petersen is a sought-after soloist, recitalist, and chamber musician. He has been praised for his commanding and poetic performances of repertoire ranging from Bach to Zaimont. He is the recipient of the 2018 Avery Fisher Career Grant and winner of the 2017 American Pianists Awards and Christel DeHaan Classical Fellowship.Petersen makes his Charleston Symphony debut to perform Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 3 under the baton of Wolff, a French-born American conductor with extensive global experience.
Referred to as “Rach 3,” this stands as one of the most demanding piano concertos for soloists — unsurprisingly, since the composer himself was a distinguished pianist— and a favorite among audiences for its memorable melodies and lush Romantic sound. Likewise, Symphonic Dances exudes similar qualities with its sweeping themes and, as its name implies, dances that meander throughout the orchestra. As in several of his compositions, Rachmaninoff weaves in the Dies irae (Day of Wrath) motif from the Requiem Mass in his Symphonic Dances. Written in 1940, when the composer was living in the U.S., it would be the final major orchestral work of Rachmaninoff’s life.
PROGRAM
Trevor Weston
Subwaves
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30
~Intermission~
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Symphonic Dances, Op. 45
ARTISTS
Hugh Wolff, conductor
Drew Petersen, piano
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Where is it happening?
Gaillard Center, 2 George St, Charleston, SC 29401-3581, United States,Charleston, South CarolinaEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
