Music is the Sister of Poetry and her Mother is sorrow," said famous Russian pianist, composer and conductor Sergei
Rachmaninoff. All the spectrum of feelings and emotions that music evokes in a human soul appear when talented Ukrainian pianist Vadym Kholodenko touches the piano keys.
Licad's recent triumph at Carnegie Hall is a testament to her affinity with
Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No.
This Saturday night, Retallack will get her chance, in a performance of
Rachmaninoff's Vespers at Central Lutheran Church.
"Bach's Passion," sung by the acclaimed Apollo Chorus of Chicago, takes center stage in March, and the season comes to a rousing conclusion in May with "Russians and Percussion," starring percussionist She-e Wu in a breathtaking performance of Higdon's Festive Overture and the ESO playing music of Shostakovich and
Rachmaninoff.
When he died he was buried in New York and his name is spelt
Rachmaninoff on his grave.
Audiences will also hear
Rachmaninoff's second symphony and Glinka's Ruslan and Ludmilla overture.
He has given numerous concerts, including
Rachmaninoff's 1st piano concerto, accompanied by the Chetham's Symphony Orchestra, and Saint-Saens's Carnival of the Animals with the Huddersfield Philharmonic Orchestra.
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50nV-Oti4zk] Fouad will also be performing alongside British cellist Guy Johnston for an October 4th performance, with covers from artists such as Beethoven and
Rachmaninoff. Tickets for the series start selling from Monday, and will cost DH 150 ($40) for singular tickets, while a special pass for all performances at a cost of DH 450 ($123).
Featuring songs by Lili Boulanger, Victoria Malawey, Franz Liszt, Sergei
Rachmaninoff, Cole Porter, and Hugo Wolf.
He will be performing musical pieces by Scarlatti, Prokofiev
Rachmaninoff and Liszt.
They will be accompanied by pianist Christopher Gould and will be performing at St Teilo's Church for a programme which will include extracts from music by Tchaikovsky,
Rachmaninoff and Mussorgsky.
The lowest point lies on the smooth floor of the double-ringed
Rachmaninoff basin, 5.38 kilometers below average--over three times the average depth of the Grand Canyon.