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Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 1
(Daria Rabotkina, Piano)
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 by Franz Liszt will open the program. Written in a brilliant, quasi-gypsy style intended to display his own considerable gifts as a virtuoso pianist, the 2nd Rhapsody is by far the best known of the 19 Hungarian Rhapsodies. The piece’s enduring popularity has even transcended the concert hall, having been featured in a number of animated cartoons, including the likes of Mickey Mouse, Bugs Bunny, and Woody Woodpecker. As a piano solo, the piece offers the pianist the opportunity to reveal exceptional skill as a virtuoso, while providing the listener with an immediate and irresistible musical appeal. The orchestral version does full justice to the piano original.
Russian Radiance
Saturday | September 24 | 8 PM
Sunday | September 25 | 3 PM
For more detail and background:
After the Liszt Rhapsody, prize-winning Russian pianist Daria Rabotkina returns to the HSO following her successful debut in the spring of 2010 to perform Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 1. Like Liszt, Rachmaninoff was a master pianist and much of his finest and most popular music is written for the instrument. He composed his First Piano Concerto in the early 1890s at age 19. While not as often performed or as well known as the
Second and Third Concertos, the First Concerto nevertheless contains all the characteristics - soaring melodies, lush harmonies, and demanding writing for the soloist - that mark his mature style.
After intermission the orchestra will perform Sergei Prokofiev’s Symphony No. 5. Composed during the dark days of World War 2, the ultimately triumphant symphony is acknowledged to be the greatest of his seven works in the form. Prokofiev stated at the time that he intended it as "a hymn to free and happy Man, to his mighty powers, his pure and noble spirit." He added, "I cannot say that I deliberately chose this theme. It was born in me and clamored for expression. The music matured within me. It filled my soul."
