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Masterworks: Passion & Fate: Rachmaninoff & Tchaikovsky
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Symphonic Masterworks Series
Rachmaninoff — Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18
Tchaikovsky — Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36
Few concerts deliver emotional intensity like this one. Rachmaninoff’s beloved Second Piano Concerto — written after a period of deep depression and creative silence — bursts with sweeping melodies and romantic passion. After intermission, the orchestra unleashes the full force of Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 4, a gripping musical battle with Fate that erupts into one of the most exhilarating finales in the symphonic repertoire. This is a night of unforgettable drama, virtuosity, and triumphant sound.
About the Composer
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff was a Russian composer, virtuoso pianist, and conductor. Rachmaninoff is widely considered one of the finest pianists of his day and, as a composer, one of the last great representatives of Romanticism in Russian classical music. Early influences of Tchaikovsky, Rimsky-Korsakov, and other Russian composers gave way to a thoroughly personal idiom notable for its song-like melodicism, expressiveness, dense contrapuntal textures, and rich orchestral colors.
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Composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky was born on May 7, 1840, in Vyatka, Russia. His work was first publicly performed in 1865. In 1868, his First Symphony was well-received. In 1874, he established himself with Piano Concerto No.1 in B-flat Minor. Tchaikovsky resigned from the Moscow Conservatory in 1878, and spent the rest of his career composing yet more prolifically. He died in St. Petersburg on November 6, 1893.
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