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Rachmaninoff Festival Finale


Location: Heinz Hall
Friday, April 17, 2009 at 8:00 PM
Saturday, April 18, 2009 at 8:00 PM
Sunday, April 19, 2009 at 2:30 PM
Tickets:
Thursday single tickets start at $12.50
Fri/Sat single tickets start at $20
Sunday single tickets start at $17.50
Tickets on sale: Monday, August 25, 2008 at 9:00 a.m.


Artists

Leonard Slatkin, conductor
Denis Matsuev, piano

Program

Sergei Rachmaninoff:    Vocalise, Opus 34, No. 14   read more   listen
Sergei Rachmaninoff:    Symphonic Dances, Opus 45   read more   listen
Sergei Rachmaninoff:    Concerto No. 3 in D minor for Piano and Orchestra, Opus 30
 I. Allegro ma non tanto
 II. Intermezzo: Adagio
 III. Finale
Mr. Matsuev
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About This Performance

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Closing the Rachmaninoff Festival, Leonard Slatkin presents Rachmaninoff's elegant Vocalise and his last composition, Symphonic Dances. Russian pianist Denis Matsuev performs Rachmaninoff's magnificent Piano Concerto No. 3, made even more famous by the movie Shine.

CONCERT PRELUDES
Piano transcriptions by Rachmaninoff with Maxim Mogilevsky of the Toradze Piano Studio. Preludes begin one hour prior to concerts.

POST-CONCERT ARTIST CHAT
Festival wrap-up with Slatkin and Festival Artistic Advisor Joseph Horowitz, plus Assistant Professor of Music at the University of Pittsburgh Anna Nisnevich and the Toradze Piano Studio.


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Concert Commentaries

Musical examples and insightful commentaries on this weekend's performance. Listen now!

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