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The always stunning Inon Barnatan stars in Rachmaninoff’s fiendishly challenging Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, a cornerstone of the repertoire since its 1934 premiere. Conductor David Danzmayr continues the Russian theme with Sergei Prokofiev’s sparkling final symphony and imaginative music by the Soviet-born Elena Kats-Chernin, now one of Australia’s top composers.
Elena Kats-Chernin: Heaven is Closed
Elena Kats-Chernin: Dance of the Paper Umbrellas (U.S. premiere)
Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 7
David Danzmayr, conductor
Inon Barnatan, piano
Oregon Symphony
Diego Matheuz leads the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra with pianist Joyce Yang in Rachmaninoff’s Rhasody on a Theme of Paganini
Valery Gergiev leads the London Symphony Orchestra in Prokofiev’s Symphony No. 7
David Stanhope leads the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra in Elena Kats-Chernin’s Heaven is Closed
Maestro Carlos Kalmar conducts a rare, complete performance of Mozart’s revolutionary final symphonies.
This wide-ranging program will take you on a journey with dazzling music by Stravinsky, Tchaikovsky, Haydn, Liadov, and contemporary composer Unsuk Chin.
