Thursday, February 24, 2022, 7:30pm
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Celebrated pianist Inon Barnatan is featured in Rachmaninoff’s Concerto No. 2, a work that established him as a major composer and remains one of his most enduringly popular pieces. To close the program, the Festival Orchestra performs a beloved work of the symphonic repertoire, Rimsky Korsakov’s Scheherazade. This exhilarating musical journey of love, intrigue and adventure prominently showcases nearly all of the Orchestra’s principal players.
PROGRAM:
Robert Moody, conductor
Inon Barnatan, piano
Clyne: Masquerade
Rachmaninoff: Concerto No. 2 for Piano and Orchestra
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, op. 35
Inon Barnatan performing an excerpt from Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade
Clyne: Masquerade