| 单词 | Rachmaninoff |
| 例句 | He stocked it with her music workbooks and sheaves of invigorating Rachmaninoff, Tchaikovsky, and a selection of Chopin. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Just twenty-seven years old, Claytor played Rachmaninoff with finesse and a mean game of tennis. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z He began in October with a recital featuring pieces by Tchaikovsky, Mompou, Grieg, Barber and Rachmaninoff that had been written in homage to Chopin. Trifonov and Andsnes: Different Generations, Same Curiosity 2018-05-04T04:00:00Z What is your response to criticisms — then and now — of Rachmaninoff not being sufficiently innovative? At 150, Rachmaninoff and His Music Are ‘Here to Stay’ 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z Mr. Rhoden’s attempt at musicality is to fill the spaces between the notes — as he does in “Moon Over Jupiter,” set to Rachmaninoff — with movement so jerky it borders on frantic. Dance Review: The Movements Between the Notes 2011-05-26T21:41:08Z She is famous for her Prokofiev, her Rachmaninoff, for her Schumann. Music: The Making of a Maestro Moment 2011-02-16T12:30:06Z Monday evening’s program offers the New York premiere of a work by the Icelandic composer Daniel Bjarnason; Rachmaninoff’s Third Piano Concerto, with the young virtuoso Yuja Wang; and Brahms’s Second Symphony. | Classical: Left Coast, Meet Right Coast 2014-03-15T16:00:09Z Consisting of 11 movements for a cappella choir, it is on a scale with the great sacred works of Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff, though in a slightly more advanced idiom, and is quite simply beautiful. Classical Playlist: Carlos Kalmar, Alexander Lingas and More 2015-05-13T04:00:00Z On Dec. 9 she will present another chamber program that stays rooted in the Russian repertory, with works by Shostakovich, Prokofiev and Rachmaninoff. A Violinist as Riveting in Silence as in Sound 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z It is music as naked as the nostalgic Rachmaninoff of the Second Piano Concerto is decorous: a baring of the soul. ‘Rachmaninoff Plays Symphonic Dances’ Review: A Master Interprets Himself 2018-09-17T04:00:00Z “With the flowing of it, you can really lose yourself quickly. And then if it was that kind of day, it’d be a little Rachmaninoff.” Boston’s Mayor Trades City Hall for Symphony Hall 2023-05-09T04:00:00Z One portrait depicted late Imperial Russia, represented by the unofficial composer to the czarist court, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, and his protege, Sergei Rachmaninoff. Baltimore Symphony Orchestra deftly tours two eras of musical Russia I thought to give a look to the very early, middle and later Rachmaninoff. At 150, Rachmaninoff and His Music Are ‘Here to Stay’ 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z This was Rachmaninoff playing on the grand scale. Cristian Macelaru gets a big sound from the L.A. Phil as it plays Rachmaninoff 2015-12-20T05:00:00Z Billed as a “musical fantasia set in the hypnotized mind of Sergei Rachmaninoff,” the piece takes place in Moscow, in 1900. A Musical Set in the Mind of Sergei Rachmaninoff 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z The mainstage season at Merkin Concert Hall will open on Nov. 10 with the festival’s first collaboration with the New York Philharmonic as part of its Rachmaninoff Festival. New York Festival of Song Announces New Season 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z The way a phrase will end, a mood shift, brings Rachmaninoff fluttering into mind. Two Coasts, Two Concertos: Adès and Adams Offer Piano Premieres 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z In charming remarks to the audience from the podium, Noseda offered a thumbnail outline of the program, which presented three composers of roughly contemporaneous dates: Respighi, Rachmaninoff and Casella. Review | Unexpected Rachmaninoff, majestic Italy in NSO concert 2019-05-30T04:00:00Z As if a sumptuous, tender account of the “Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini” were not enough, Mr. Trifonov offers uncannily fine interpretations of Rachmaninoff’s variations on themes by Chopin and Corelli. The Best Classical Music Recordings of 2015 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z Not quite 30, the cellist Bruno Philippe has over the past few years recorded — with elegant understatement and a serene tone — music by Prokofiev, Rachmaninoff, Myaskovsky, Brahms and Schumann. 5 Classical Music Albums You Can Listen to Right Now 2022-05-26T04:00:00Z The Italianate element of the Rachmaninoff was Paganini, on whose work the “Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini” is based. Review | Unexpected Rachmaninoff, majestic Italy in NSO concert 2019-05-30T04:00:00Z Throughout the vibrant Scherzo, the plaintive Adagio and the episodic and ultimately exuberant finale, Mr. Gilbert brought out musical resonances that linked Rachmaninoff as a harmonist to Debussy, Mahler and even early Schoenberg. 2010-01-09T01:00:00Z Another member of the class of rising young Russian pianists, Matsuev brings both athleticism and power to Rachmaninoff, yet can add a jazz wrinkle to Lizst's Hungarian Rhapsody that will knock your socks off. 14 top arts picks for the week of Jan. 22 2012-01-18T23:48:05Z He hadn’t played the Rachmaninoff concerto since 2019, and had never worked with the Philharmonic; for more pressure, this was going to be his orchestral debut at Carnegie. Review: Upended by Global Conflict, the Vienna Philharmonic Plays On 2022-02-27T05:00:00Z In February, it will host an evening of Wagner excerpts, conducted by Antonio Pappano, and Rachmaninoff’s Symphony No. 2, conducted by Daniel Harding. Concerts and Dance Tuned to the Season: Global Arts Guide 2016-12-21T05:00:00Z Tallish and slim, Mr. Trifonov somewhat evokes the Rachmaninoff of pictures and descriptions, but for the youngster’s mop of hair and ready smile. Review: Trifonov Caps Rachmaninoff Fest With Pianistic Verve 2015-11-27T05:00:00Z Besides earning the highest possible grade, Rachmaninoff got his first publication and announced himself a great hope of Russian music. Review: Signs of Rebirth at New York City Opera 2016-09-09T04:00:00Z Hans Graf, a musician of high distinction, led the orchestra in Rachmaninoff’s dour, overstuffed Symphony No. 2 and offered a mature counterweight to violinist Ray Chen’s fripperies in the Tchaikovsky Concerto. BSO offers excitement and maturity at Strathmore It was not until she enrolled at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, at 15, that she began intensely studying Rachmaninoff’s works, including his piano concertos and the “Rhapsody.” Yuja Wang, Daredevil Pianist, Takes on a Musical Everest 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z Born into privilege on Philadelphia’s Main Line, educated mostly by French governesses, she grew up in a musical home where the guests included Sergei Rachmaninoff, Leopold Stokowski and Eugene Ormandy. Rosamond Bernier, Art Insider Who Turned Lectures Into Theater, Dies at 100 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z There weren't many clarinet solos in these Rachmaninoff pieces, but Zukovsky's familiar burnished tone, creative playing and laughing spirit were unmistakable. Cristian Macelaru gets a big sound from the L.A. Phil as it plays Rachmaninoff 2015-12-20T05:00:00Z As the 31 young performers, many wearing billowing black gowns, sing “Rejoice, O Virgin” from Rachmaninoff’s Vespers, the stage is suffused with dim blue light. Carmina Slovenica Sings the Haunting ‘Toxic Psalms’ 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z It is so versatile that Rachmaninoff, Bachlike, made secular reuse of some of it, incorporating an “alliluiya” passage from the climactic “Blessed Art Thou, O Lord” into his “Symphonic Dances” of 1940. Music Review: Musica Sacra at the Church of St. Paul the Apostle ? Review 2011-10-16T22:47:40Z Ma and Fleming performed a piece by Rachmaninoff on Monday in the rotunda of the State of Illinois building and Gov. Yo-Yo Ma, Renee Fleming perform with Chicago choir 2012-03-19T20:02:20Z But for this occasion, accompanied elegantly by the pianist Pavel Nebolsin, she presented lighter material, mostly intimate songs by Rachmaninoff, Debussy, Tchaikovsky, Rimsky-Korsakov and Richard Strauss. Its Musicians Are Out of Work, but the Met Is Streaming 2021-02-07T05:00:00Z Sarah Willis, a horn player in the Philharmonic, said that the musicians were quickly drawn to Mr. Petrenko after he made his debut in 2006 conducting works by Bartok and Rachmaninoff. Berlin Philharmonic Selects Kirill Petrenko to Succeed Simon Rattle 2015-06-22T04:00:00Z For a recital at Alice Tully Hall with the sensitive pianist Julius Drake, he ties a set of folk songs to a program of Beethoven, Schubert, Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff. The New Season of Classical Music: A ‘Fake News’ Opera and Sound Quilts 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z Never mind that the program, of the concerto and Rachmaninoff’s Second Symphony, contained over 90 minutes of music. Review: Upended by Global Conflict, the Vienna Philharmonic Plays On 2022-02-27T05:00:00Z “Life Is a Highway,” from “Cars,” can endure the pounding Rachmaninoff treatment. 5 Classical Music Albums You Can Listen to Right Now 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z In comparison with the Rachmaninoff sonata, even the most elusively Impressionist passages of these pieces sounded utterly lucid. Music Review: Hungarian Tradition, African Lilt 2011-05-27T23:00:24Z Perhaps it was best to send everyone home humming Rachmaninoff. Review | André Watts is star attraction at Baltimore Symphony Orchestra 2017-11-19T05:00:00Z “Preludes” is identified in the script as “a musical fantasia set in the hypnotized mind of Sergei Rachmaninoff,” and it is an accurate description. Review: ‘Preludes’ Shows Rachmaninoff Failed by His Muse and Killing Time 2015-06-15T04:00:00Z But when he was showing off his encyclopedic knowledge of Rachmaninoff’s works, his face brightened into an eager smile. Daniil Trifonov, New to Rachmaninoff, but a Bold and Youthful Echo 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z Still, having been trained by arguably the best Russian teachers in the world, Cliburn's heart was Russian, with the Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff concertos. Van Cliburn, American classical pianist, dies 2013-02-27T17:19:28Z Respighi's orchestration of five Rachmaninoff piano "Études-tableaux" was the weekend's one real rarity. Mark Swed hits the road for a weekend of SoCal orchestra listening 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z A solo bow for the clarinetist after the Rachmaninoff Second is a standard occurrence, Mr. Latzky said. 2010-01-13T22:17:00Z Mr. Nelsons also plans to lead subscription concerts featuring works by Prokofiev, Shostakovich, Sibelius, Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff, as well as works by Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms, Bruckner and Mahler. ArtsBeat: Andris Nelsons to Open Boston Symphony Season With a Flourish 2014-03-05T19:45:37Z Rachmaninoff intended this concerto to be a magnum opus. Review: Leif Ove Andsnes Blazes Out a Rachmaninoff Rarity 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z Wang, who was born in China, has long felt a connection to Rachmaninoff’s music. Yuja Wang, Daredevil Pianist, Takes on a Musical Everest 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z Today that sentiment is as forgettable as Rachmaninoff is imperishable. ‘Rachmaninoff Plays Symphonic Dances’ Review: A Master Interprets Himself 2018-09-17T04:00:00Z There are wonderful, exciting passages strung together by a lot of uninspired development sections that sound as if Rachmaninoff were marking time and filling space. SSO cellist Efe Baltacigil shines in chamber-music fest 2012-07-18T23:47:07Z Until about three years ago, the emphasis of Wang’s concerto repertoire was on the Russian composers — Rachmaninoff, Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky. Piano virtuoso Yuja Wang could have gone anywhere for this interview. She chose ... Universal Studios? 2017-05-26T04:00:00Z The lineup includes Rachmaninoff’s Symphony No. 2 and Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto No. 2, with the excellent Julia Fischer as the soloist. Opera & Classical Music Listings for Feb. 14-20 2014-02-13T23:37:00Z The riskier choice for the tour is Rachmaninoff’s Symphony No. 2 in E minor. 2010-01-09T01:00:00Z On the menu: some old guard Rachmaninoff, with some Prokofiev and Scriabin to keep things “revolutionary.” Essential Arts & Culture: China and Taiwan's music diplomacy, Ghost Ship fallout and Gary's Busey-isms 2016-12-09T05:00:00Z Then, after a short break, he was able to meet with the Vienna Philharmonic for just 75 minutes to prepare Rachmaninoff’s Second Piano Concerto and Second Symphony, which together run longer than 90 minutes. After a Punishing Sprint, Yannick Nézet-Séguin Can Celebrate 2022-03-06T05:00:00Z And the storied orchestra, with its thoroughly modern maestro, was every bit as deft in new music as in the century-old Rachmaninoff. Review: Met Opera’s Next Maestro Energizes His Philadelphians 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z In the last movement, Rachmaninoff tries to get a hold of himself and fails, returning to his somber opening. Gidon Kremer shares a performance of a lifetime 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z In August 1942, seven months before his death, Rachmaninoff premiered the piece with Vladimir Horowitz in Beverly Hills. Review | Elegant program of Russian and French music by piano duo 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z Rachmaninoff composed the Vespers, also known as the All-Night Vigil, after giving concerts across Russia to aid the war effort against Germany. Music Review: Clarion Choir in Rachmaninoff’s Vespers 2014-01-02T22:39:23Z He received a few piano lessons as a child but mostly learned to play by himself and had “fantasies about being the next Rachmaninoff.” Legendary Beatles Producer George Martin Dies 2016-03-09T05:00:00Z In this heady context Chopin seemed to anticipate Impressionism, and Rachmaninoff joined the ranks of the modernists. Emboldened Orchestras Embracing the New Music 2011-12-09T17:01:08Z The songs by Rachmaninoff, Rimsky-Korsakov and Tchaikovsky that Ms. Netrebko sang were drawn from the genre of emotional, intense Russian romances, music that invites rich, passionate operatic singing. Anna Netrebko Summons the Intensity of Russian Romances 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z Rachmaninoff's more famous tone poem on the same painting, written in 1908 and on Dudamel's program this week, is more conventionally melodramatic. Max Reger a crowd pleaser at a full and festive Disney Hall 2014-11-30T05:00:00Z I was thinking last night how great it was for me to be playing the Rachmaninoff in New York with a conductor I like. Garrick Ohlsson, Chopin Expert, Sets His Sights on Liszt 2012-01-13T16:22:33Z Even during the reflective phrases of this Rachmaninoff song, she sounded resplendent, her voice rich and vibrant, with a touch of earthy colorings. Anna Netrebko Summons the Intensity of Russian Romances 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z His music points directly to great composers — this album nods to Rachmaninoff, Debussy and the waltz king, Chopin — but characterizes differently the look and feel of the institutions that contain them. 5 Classical Music Albums You Can Listen to Right Now 2022-06-30T04:00:00Z The disc, called “Fantasia,” features miniatures by Chopin, Rachmaninoff, Scarlatti and Scriabin and various arrangements. Yuja Wang, Pianist and Fashion Plate 2012-04-08T03:23:10Z And by the “Rhapsody,” which followed the Fourth, the ensemble had taken on the ideal Rachmaninoff sound: glittering and grand. Review: Yuja Wang Sweeps Through a Rachmaninoff Marathon 2023-01-29T05:00:00Z On paper, there was a nice balance to this all-Russian program: Having kicked off with Tchaikovsky and peaked with Rachmaninoff, it concluded with Stravinsky’s ballet “The Fairy’s Kiss,” a piece steeped in Tchaikovsky and Tchaikovsky-esqueness. Review | A strong pianist tries, and fails, to save an evening 2018-02-01T05:00:00Z Ahead of his debut in New York, Lim has been fine-tuning his interpretation of the Rachmaninoff. A 19-Year-Old Pianist Electrifies Audiences. But He’s Unimpressed. 2023-05-09T04:00:00Z Even the directions in which he said he wanted to expand hew to the standards: more Shostakovich, Tchaikovsky, Bartok, Rachmaninoff. One of the World’s Great Maestros Is Suddenly a Free Agent 2022-10-04T04:00:00Z The program also features Beethoven’s “Egmont Overture” and Rachmaninoff’s “Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini,” with the impressive young pianist Conrad Tao as soloist. Opera & Classical Music Listings for Nov. 21-27 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z There were hints of Rachmaninoff too, specifically the Third Piano Concerto, in the gently chromatic piano writing near the end of the piece. Music Review: Early Birthday Party for Philip Glass at Le Poisson Rouge 2012-01-30T23:10:35Z Some of the Rachmaninoff songs, by contrast, call for outpourings of sound that are a challenge for Fleming’s lyric voice, and this was sometimes a good thing. Mastering the art of entertainment: Renée Fleming in recital 2015-02-24T05:00:00Z The gentle Étude No. 2 unfolds with the melancholy emotional pull of a Rachmaninoff prelude; Mr. Glass then jumped ahead without pause to the brightly chugging Étude No. 10. Music Review: Philip Glass at Issue Project Room 2012-06-14T21:26:50Z The Rachmaninoff often felt like an hourlong showcase for the spacious, burnished tone of the orchestra’s violin section. The Boston Symphony Finds Surprises and Strengths in New Music 2023-04-26T04:00:00Z “The sound is like their voice, in a way,” Ms. Alsop said here the other day at Meyerhoff Symphony Hall after leading a rehearsal of works by Rachmaninoff and Respighi. At Baltimore Symphony, a Cello and a Violin Make More Than Music 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z Mr. Temirkanov closed with Rachmaninoff’s Second Symphony, a work with which he has had a mixed history. Music Review: St. Petersburg Philharmonic Plays Carnegie Hall 2014-02-17T22:48:40Z As he prepared to walk onstage to play the Rachmaninoff concerto, he said he thought of Carl Sagan’s idea of Earth as just a “pale blue dot” in the universe. A 19-Year-Old Pianist Electrifies Audiences. But He’s Unimpressed. 2023-05-09T04:00:00Z Based on that, you could consider her reach extending to Grieg’s and Rachmaninoff’s first concertos, which echo Robert Schumann’s. Clara Schumann and Florence Price Get Their Due at Carnegie Hall 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z But on Apple Music Classical, it is easier to quickly locate his recordings because the app can distinguish between Rachmaninoff the composer and Rachmaninoff the pianist or conductor. Apple’s New App Aims to Make Classical Music More Accessible 2023-04-02T04:00:00Z There will also be concerts devoted to music by Schubert and Rachmaninoff. Le Salon de Musiques continues to embrace intimacy 2014-10-07T04:00:00Z But the real stars are the musicians: Ms. Wolf, Mr. Barros, the cellist Andrew Janss and the violinist Victoria Wolf Lewis, playing rapturous accounts of Prokofiev, Rachmaninoff and Shostakovich. Review: In ‘Anna Akhmatova,’ a Magical Interlude Reconjured 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z I think Rachmaninoff understood and didn’t shy away from the fact that he should provide entertainment value. At 150, Rachmaninoff and His Music Are ‘Here to Stay’ 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z The First Suite, which Rachmaninoff described as “musical pictures,” offers a watery opening Barcarolle followed by two moody movements. Review: Daniil Trifonov and His Teacher Dazzle With Dual Virtuosity 2018-03-02T05:00:00Z In the underrated “Preludes,” he found the songs in writer’s block, as it was experienced by the Russian composer Sergei Rachmaninoff. Review: The Human Voice Versus the Internet in ‘Octet’ 2019-05-20T04:00:00Z Then “Liebeslied” was Kreisler transcribed by Rachmaninoff, in this virtuoso role following the footsteps of somebody like Liszt. At 150, Rachmaninoff and His Music Are ‘Here to Stay’ 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z The real surprise, however, is “Autumn,” a 1910 symphonic sketch inspired by Sergei Rachmaninoff, which speaks with eloquent simplicity. Boisterous, novel effects on Prokofiev by Baltimore Symphony programmer 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z When Rachmaninoff fled the revolution and moved permanently to the United States in 1918, playing his own compositions added to the fame he had since his first tour in 1909. Daniil Trifonov, New to Rachmaninoff, but a Bold and Youthful Echo 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z The basses descended to dark rumbling lows at the conclusion of “Lord, Now Lettest Thou,” a movement Rachmaninoff wanted to be sung at his funeral. Music Review: Clarion Choir in Rachmaninoff’s Vespers 2014-01-02T22:39:23Z There certainly have been finer accounts of Rachmaninoff’s Second Piano Concerto, but few under Friday’s circumstances. Review: Upended by Global Conflict, the Vienna Philharmonic Plays On 2022-02-27T05:00:00Z With more lead time than last month at Carnegie, Thursday’s performance of the Rachmaninoff — at the Rose Theater at Jazz at Lincoln Center — at least had the luxury of proper rehearsal. Review: Two Artists Arrive at the Philharmonic, Loudly 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z In the Rachmaninoff preludes, he showed a willingness to hold back and linger over a nice lyrical turn or point up a harmonic shift between outbursts of heroic pianism. Music Review: Garrick Ohlsson, Pianist, at Mostly Mozart Festival 2012-08-10T07:20:07Z And in “Corelli” — the theme, it seems, he got from Kreisler — Rachmaninoff wrote what is for me maybe the most significant of the large-scale solo pieces. At 150, Rachmaninoff and His Music Are ‘Here to Stay’ 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z Rush Hour event — a 75-minute program of Sibelius and Rachmaninoff, preceded by small plates and drinks in the lobby — for music fans with busy weekends. Rachmaninoff, Sibelius on Masterworks bill 2011-11-03T20:00:06Z With Carlos Miguel Prieto conducting the Orchestra of St. Luke’s, three impressive young musicians played concertos by Copland, Barber and Rachmaninoff. Music Review: Three Rising Stars Perform in Young Concert Artists Gala 2014-05-08T22:04:37Z He gives the impression of being a genuine musician, able to analyze Rachmaninoff’s piano works, as well as his symphonies and songs. Daniil Trifonov, New to Rachmaninoff, but a Bold and Youthful Echo 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z Both dancers talked about Scarlett’s musicality and the pleasure of dancing “With a Chance of Rain,” an elegiac work for eight dancers set to six Rachmaninoff Preludes and an Elegy for piano. After a Choreographer’s Suicide, Ballet Confronts Tough Questions 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z By far the most familiar of these is the Rachmaninoff Vespers of 1915. Music Review: Musica Sacra at the Church of St. Paul the Apostle ? Review 2011-10-16T22:47:40Z Although some may wish for more anguish and passion in a work like the Rachmaninoff, Graf’s “let the music speak for itself” approach pays dividends. BSO offers excitement and maturity at Strathmore Rachmaninoff wrote the piece in 1907, a productive period that also produced his Third Piano Concerto and Second Symphony. Music Review: Hungarian Tradition, African Lilt 2011-05-27T23:00:24Z Mr. Nelsons conducted the Boston Symphony in a Dvorak program on Friday and in works by Rachmaninoff and Ravel on Saturday. Andris Nelsons Conducts the Boston Symphony at Tanglewood 2014-07-13T04:00:00Z As a prelude to the Symphonic Dances, the wistful Vocalise — which Tovey kept moving along — served as a signpost of the earlier, lusher Rachmaninoff manner. Sprightly Rachmaninoff maintains a run of Russians at the Bowl 2015-07-15T04:00:00Z In Rachmaninoff’s 1915 a cappella setting of psalms and hymns, the chorus is sublimated into a translucent vessel designed to gently color and set aglow the words of the Russian Orthodox liturgy. The Berlin Radio Choir Sings Rachmaninoff’s Vespers 2014-10-12T04:00:00Z But in concertos by composers as varied as Mozart, Rachmaninoff and Prokofiev, whether for violinist or pianist, the soloists recede a bit too thoroughly into the orchestral textures. Geffen and Gustavo: Mixed Boons for the New York Philharmonic 2023-06-06T04:00:00Z He described her as the “ideal Rachmaninoff pianist,” saying she had honed a powerful yet airy style. Yuja Wang, Daredevil Pianist, Takes on a Musical Everest 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z Two sets she dedicated to her father — four ravishingly sung songs by Rachmaninoff and three of Copland's "Old American Songs." Sondra Radvanovsky triumphs in dynamic recital 2014-11-09T05:00:00Z Another pianist, the young Russian Daniil Trifonov, gets a major stage in the city starting on Wednesday: three weeks with the New York Philharmonic playing Rachmaninoff. Classical Music This Week: Modern Baroque, ‘Workers Union’ and Rachmaninoff 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z An instrument that is registered for Rachmaninoff will be a disaster for Bach. Pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard talks about taking time off for Bach Completing the program: Znamenny Chants for the Holy Cross and music by Rachmaninoff’s Russian contemporaries. Look Ahead: The hottest Seattle events for September 2018 2018-08-24T04:00:00Z In the interview, Gerstein discussed these pieces and how they could guide an understanding of Rachmaninoff today. At 150, Rachmaninoff and His Music Are ‘Here to Stay’ 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z After a prolonged ovation, he offered two encores: Rachmaninoff’s Étude-Tableaus in A minor and Scriabin’s Étude in D sharp minor. The Mariinsky in Two All-Russian Programs at Carnegie Hall 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z But she returned to the stage in May 2021 with Rachmaninoff, performing his Piano Concerto No. 2 in London with the conductor Michael Tilson Thomas, a longtime friend and mentor. Yuja Wang, Daredevil Pianist, Takes on a Musical Everest 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z The first of three performances of the orchestra's final program of the year was a morning of melancholic Rachmaninoff. Cristian Macelaru gets a big sound from the L.A. Phil as it plays Rachmaninoff 2015-12-20T05:00:00Z The music swells with lush orchestral intensity: imagine an off-kilter, expressionistic Rachmaninoff. Music Review: Philadelphia Orchestra Plays Carnegie Hall 2010-04-14T21:59:00Z Or you can splurge on $30 tickets to another critic’s pick: “Preludes,” a musical set in the mind of the Russian composer Sergei Rachmaninoff, is “sad and stirring and gloriously fun,” Mr. Brantley wrote. ‘Ada/Ava’ and ‘Preludes’ Are Shows to See in a Relatively Empty City 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z This is the visual accompaniment to one of the most famous piano recordings of them all, Rachmaninoff’s Third with Ms. Argerich. Martha Memories: The Week’s 8 Best Classical Music Moments on YouTube 2017-10-20T04:00:00Z And he balanced forceful intensity with winningly intimate singing in songs by Strauss, Ravel and Rachmaninoff, all played with taste and flair by Huang. Two Singers Reveal the Core of Art Song, on Stages Big and Small 2021-10-11T04:00:00Z Here was a fascinating program of 24 diverse études, not just by the obvious choices, Chopin and Liszt, but by Debussy, Rachmaninoff, Scriabin, Bartok, Messiaen and Ligeti. Emboldened Orchestras Embracing the New Music 2011-12-09T17:01:08Z He daringly chose Liszt’s deliriously difficult “Transcendental Études” for his semifinal round, and in the finals played Rachmaninoff’s classic Third Concerto with a power and — more important — poised poetry that had a standard sounding fresh. Best Classical Music Performances of 2022 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z Here he took a different approach, setting Scriabin in his Russian context, with Prokofiev and Rachmaninoff. Garrick Ohlsson Sets Scriabin in His Russian Context 2015-02-02T05:00:00Z Three Ligeti etudes from the 1980s and ’90s proved that Rachmaninoff and Scriabin, as she presented them, were presentiments of the modernism of the distant future. Review: Yuja Wang Plays Dazed Chaos, Then 7 Encores 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z And, admittedly, festivals can be used as tools for both progress and reaction: The New York Philharmonic has its new-music biennial, but also its Dvorak and Rachmaninoff celebrations. The Met Opera Is Struggling. How Can It Fill Those Empty Seats? 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z Vargas went out for a long walk to the Brooklyn Bridge, listening to Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2 — by turns delicate, melodramatic, overbearing. From journalism to activism: Jose Antonio Vargas’s life on the run Still, Rachmaninoff’s mature voice already comes through in the chromatic richness of the harmonic writing, the abundant lyricism and the glowing orchestration. Review: Signs of Rebirth at New York City Opera 2016-09-09T04:00:00Z Pianist Albert Kim, who provided reliable accompaniment throughout, managed an impressively long and dramatic crescendo in the Brahms “Botschaft” and some splendid colors in the Rachmaninoff “She is as Beautiful.” For lovers of pure sound, Belov’s Persian-thread program delivers 2015-03-15T04:00:00Z When he was in the studio, classical music played: Bach, Mozart and Rachmaninoff were among his favorites. Footsteps: In Pennsylvania, Exploring Wyeth’s World 2013-05-24T17:13:58Z And on Thursday, Russian works are in the spotlight, with Prokofiev’s “Alexander Nevsky” and Rachmaninoff’s “Symphonic Dances.” Classical & Opera Listings for Oct. 16-22 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z Then the Chinese pianist Yuja Wang, 27, was the soloist in a fiery yet uncommonly articulate account of Rachmaninoff’s Third Piano Concerto. Music Review: Los Angeles Philharmonic at Avery Fisher Hall 2014-03-18T20:43:32Z In one video on her YouTube channel Ms. Astanova is seen in profile, her back arched, gazing slightly upward in the middle distance as she plays Rachmaninoff. Lola Astanova, Julie Andrews and Donald Trump at Carnegie 2012-01-18T23:05:33Z Then, in a mutual decision with the Philharmonic, he withdrew from this week’s program, featuring the Rachmaninoff concerto. Review: Two Artists Arrive at the Philharmonic, Loudly 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z The New York Philharmonic built a Rachmaninoff festival around Trifonov late last year. Russian pianist Daniil Trifonov creates a sensation in his L.A. recital debut at Disney Hall 2016-02-28T05:00:00Z Rachmaninoff was assumed to be too stern a physical challenge. Daniil Trifonov, New to Rachmaninoff, but a Bold and Youthful Echo 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z Friday's program, which was the same that had opened the orchestra’s season in Berlin last week, was Rachmaninoff’s Symphonic Dances and Stravinsky’s “Firebird.” Europe concert diary: Rattle and Berlin Philharmonic at London Proms 2014-09-06T04:00:00Z Last month he made his New York Philharmonic debut beginning that orchestra's three-week Rachmaninoff festival. Cristian Macelaru gets a big sound from the L.A. Phil as it plays Rachmaninoff 2015-12-20T05:00:00Z As does the lyrical Romantic pianism of “Canto,” which brings to mind Chopin or Rachmaninoff — and which connects to a longer history of European art music tradition. The Minimalist Composer Who Keeps Getting Left Out 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z The little box containing these Rachmaninoff memories within memories includes other rarities. ‘Rachmaninoff Plays Symphonic Dances’ Review: A Master Interprets Himself 2018-09-17T04:00:00Z This was a popular site, with lots of players taking turns, including one who performed a jazzy riff on Rachmaninoff’s Third Piano Concerto. Critic’s Notebook: The Sing for Hope Pianos Project 2013-06-06T21:07:24Z For all his precocious expertise, though, Rachmaninoff is new to Mr. Trifonov. Daniil Trifonov, New to Rachmaninoff, but a Bold and Youthful Echo 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z Those qualities, applied to the music of , and Rachmaninoff, sometimes made Mr. Lugansky’s performances seem reserved, even aloof. Music Review: Nikolai Lugansky Performs at the Metropolitan Museum 2010-05-24T22:55:00Z James Newton Howard’s “They have just arrived at this new level” receives its world premiere, alongside works by Rachmaninoff and Brahms, as part of the Seattle Chamber Music Society’s 2018 Summer Festival. Hollywood composer James Newton Howard unveils world premiere at Seattle Chamber Music Society’s Summer Festival 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z She was more persuasive in two darkly colored Scriabin études and three Rachmaninoff pieces phrased with sweeping confidence. Music Review: Lola Astanova in Horowitz Tribute at Carnegie Hall - Review 2012-01-21T00:44:23Z To hear the St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra play a program of Rachmaninoff and Shostakovich is tantamount to a cliche. The St. Petersburg Philharmonic moves beyond cliches 2017-02-28T05:00:00Z Other composers — Elgar, Rachmaninoff, Sibelius, Ives — have retired long before their deaths. The Puzzle of Rossini?s Brief Career 2011-07-03T02:00:06Z Rachmaninoff, who long admired the Philadelphia Orchestra, performed the first three of his piano concertos with the ensemble under Eugene Ormandy there in 1939. Yuja Wang, Daredevil Pianist, Takes on a Musical Everest 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z The big Rachmaninoff cascades were there but so was an anchoring low Rachmaninoff rumble. In Leavenworth, the hills come alive with the sounds of chamber music 2011-07-15T20:42:37Z Meanwhile, Trifonov attempted to make Rachmaninoff a composer for all things, blowing up the big, old-fashioned tunes, thundering with the finger-breaking runs and octaves, trying to be modern and conventional at the same time. Can two sensations make revolutionary music? Conductor Dudamel and pianist Trifonov try to find a spark 2016-12-02T05:00:00Z The recipe worked splendidly last season, when the Seattle Symphony presented a “Rachfest” with young virtuosi playing Rachmaninoff piano concertos. First night of SSO ‘Tckaikfest’ a runaway hit 2014-01-17T19:05:59Z The composition and revision of these five pieces extended almost from the beginning to the end of Rachmaninoff’s career, from the early 1890s to the early 1940s. Review: Yuja Wang Sweeps Through a Rachmaninoff Marathon 2023-01-29T05:00:00Z And later this week the Philharmonic performs three concerts of Rachmaninoff and Prokofiev, with Rimsky-Korsakov and yet more Rachmaninoff the week after. Putin Says Tchaikovsky Is Being Canceled. The Met Opera Disagrees. 2022-03-27T04:00:00Z Whatever intensity he brings to daunting pieces by Rachmaninoff or Liszt, he never appears pushed to his limits. Review: A Star Pianist Finally Lets Us See Him Sweat 2018-05-06T04:00:00Z Wu Wei played three encores: his own improvisation on the traditional Chinese "Dragon Song," a Rachmaninoff Vocalise and Brahms' Hungarian Dance No. 5. Seoul Philharmonic introduces beauty of the sheng 2012-04-17T19:11:03Z And the gala chairman is Donald Trump, whose association with Chopin and Rachmaninoff brings a new sort of classiness to the man whose products are often called world class. Lola Astanova, Julie Andrews and Donald Trump at Carnegie 2012-01-18T23:05:33Z And the theatricality of surrounding the duet with Tapestry, a choir that sang religious music by Rachmaninoff and Tomás Luis de Victoria — was striking. Ballet Festival: Skill (Check), Class (Yep), Vision (More, Please) 2017-07-25T04:00:00Z For the second program, he plays works by Chopin, Debussy, Rachmaninoff and Szymanowski. Classical Music Listings for Nov. 27-Dec. 3 2015-11-27T05:00:00Z The authentication of the manuscript, which was missing its title pages, was made by Geoffrey Norris, a leading British expert in Rachmaninoff, Sotheby's said. Manuscript of Rachmaninoff's Symphony No. 2 set for London sale 2014-04-17T15:33:03Z Last season the New York Philharmonic built a Rachmaninoff festival around him. Can two sensations make revolutionary music? Conductor Dudamel and pianist Trifonov try to find a spark 2016-12-02T05:00:00Z "We are thinking of a complete set of the Rachmaninoff symphonies, also with the Gewandhaus, so a major drive into the late romantic repertoire, very close to the sound culture of the Gewandhaus." Conductor Chailly: Appeasing La Scala's 'gods' with Italian opera 2014-10-22T04:00:00Z On Wednesday, the most alluring work is the local premiere of Daniil Trifonov’s Piano Concerto, a wonderfully over-the-top piece in the idiom of Scriabin and Rachmaninoff played by the pianist himself. Classical Music in NYC This Week 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z Pianist Ran Dank does Rachmaninoff at the free 7 p.m. recital. Review: Stiff shot of dissonance vibrates at Seattle chamber-music fest 2010-07-22T21:49:00Z Even the most gifted composers have been insecure about the merit of their works, with Rachmaninoff among the self-doubting contingent. Music Review: Clarion Choir in Rachmaninoff’s Vespers 2014-01-02T22:39:23Z Keeping the program short, alas, was apparently the order of the evening, though for Thursday’s program, the Berliners will repeat the Rachmaninoff and play “Firebird” complete, for those lucky enough to be in the hall. At Carnegie Hall Opening, Delving Into Levity’s Layers 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z Mr. Trifonov, who is the current star soloist of the Philharmonic’s three-week Rachmaninoff festival, was elected to the board on Nov. 13. Trifonov Joins Philharmonic Board 2015-11-26T05:00:00Z Still, having been trained by arguably the best Russian teachers in the world, Cliburn’s heart was Russian, with the Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff concertos. Van Cliburn, American Classical Pianist, Dies 2013-02-27T20:06:33Z More romantic loneliness followed in the encore, the unctuous slow movement of Rachmaninoff’s Cello Sonata. The bar was set high for Austrian cellist Kian Soltani, and his latest recital delivered 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z This rewarding album also includes a thoughtful selection of shorter Rachmaninoff pieces. The Best Classical Music Recordings of 2016 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z Rachmaninoff’s “Symphonic Dances” provided a strong period to the evening with its burst of energy. Review | Shanghai Symphony Orchestra debuts at Wolf Trap 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z Yet what kept it all from sounding treacly and indulgent were Watts’s instincts for building musical drama — the way he gave shape to Rachmaninoff’s seemingly endless streams of melancholic melody. Review | André Watts is star attraction at Baltimore Symphony Orchestra 2017-11-19T05:00:00Z “Nervousness comes only when there is a lack of focus,” he had said a few days earlier after a visit to Rachmaninoff’s old home at 505 West End Avenue, on the Upper West Side. Daniil Trifonov, New to Rachmaninoff, but a Bold and Youthful Echo 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z From the title, Symphonic Dances, you might assume that this is Rachmaninoff in his lighter, splashy mode. At Carnegie Hall Opening, Delving Into Levity’s Layers 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z Rachmaninoff’s solo repertoire is so vast, what went into building out the program from there? At 150, Rachmaninoff and His Music Are ‘Here to Stay’ 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z I’ve lost count of the variety and number of performances he has inspired them to that bear easy comparison with the best of the past — most recently, Rachmaninoff’s Second Symphony. With James Levine Fired, Should We Rethink Maestro Worship? 2018-03-13T04:00:00Z Across the three CDs you can find witty, sparkling transcriptions of Villa-Lobos and Milhaud, and of Rachmaninoff and Mussorgsky — and much else, too. A Musical Modernist’s New, Smiling Guise 2022-12-27T05:00:00Z “The names of Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich and Rachmaninoff are being removed from playbills,” President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia said on television on Friday. Putin Says Tchaikovsky Is Being Canceled. The Met Opera Disagrees. 2022-03-27T04:00:00Z On many streaming platforms, I have struggled to find Rachmaninoff’s recordings of his compositions. Apple’s New App Aims to Make Classical Music More Accessible 2023-04-02T04:00:00Z He is also honing his voice as a composer, on the model of Rachmaninoff, who wrote his challenging piano music as a vehicle for himself. Review | Maddeningly uneven orchestra excites range of reactions 2017-11-13T05:00:00Z It was a pleasure to rehear this almost shamelessly exuberant mash-up of Philip Glass, Steve Reich and Rachmaninoff, with its dollop of sweet, Copland-esque lyricism. With world premiere of his thrilling 12th Symphony, Philip Glass continues to intrigue 2019-01-12T05:00:00Z But whatever her beautiful older sister does seems dazzling — from literally painting the town red to pounding out Rachmaninoff on the family’s forbidden piano. Book review: ‘All My Puny Sorrows,’ by Miriam Toews Fleming’s recital was not the broadest spectrum: art songs by Schumann, Rachmaninoff and Richard Strauss. Mastering the art of entertainment: Renée Fleming in recital 2015-02-24T05:00:00Z The seeming fragmentation of the clipped phrases was intentional: Rachmaninoff wanted to keep you guessing. Review: Leif Ove Andsnes Blazes Out a Rachmaninoff Rarity 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z For me, just listening to Rachmaninoff, I realize how big he is for me as a musical influence. | Brad Mehldau: Pianists, Yes, but a Jazz Singer and Deep Metal, Too 2011-02-25T19:44:54Z Mr. Trifonov has justly rocketed to New York omnipresence, and has become a fixture at the Philharmonic, including a memorable traversal of Rachmaninoff’s concertos in 2015. The Philharmonic’s New Season: What Our Critics Want to Hear 2019-02-05T05:00:00Z The death angle enters with variants on the Dies Irae tune from the Roman Catholic Requiem, which fascinated Rachmaninoff through much of his career. Critic’s Notebook: Spring for Music Festival at Carnegie Hall 2013-05-13T22:06:48Z You must play Rachmaninoff, the great conductor George Szell once jokingly said to his players, like the Philadelphia Orchestra. Philly beguiles with symphonic power 2015-04-08T04:00:00Z Her second song was in a style not that far removed from Rachmaninoff and well suited for Anna Akhmatova's stark emotions. L.A. composers, singers take center stage at SongFest 2015 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z And he spoke of the “very special experience” of beginning to tape the concertos with Yannick Nézet-Séguin and the Philadelphia Orchestra, the band Rachmaninoff himself recorded with. Daniil Trifonov, New to Rachmaninoff, but a Bold and Youthful Echo 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z But Lim’s preternaturally poised and poetic, tautly exciting Rachmaninoff deserved the clicks. Review: Yunchan Lim, Teenage Piano Star, Arrives in New York 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z In keyboard works like the Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue, Bach anticipated the rhapsodic Romantic fervor of Liszt, even Rachmaninoff. The Greatest 2011-01-21T14:04:41Z He followed that with bang-on responses Franz Liszt, dengue fever, violin, Rachmaninoff and albinism, then landed on a Daily Double in the "Cambridge" category. Computer crushes the competition on `Jeopardy!' 2011-02-16T13:59:07Z Mr. Eschenbach tailored vocal music by Dvorak and Rachmaninoff to Ms. Fleming, citing her proficiency in both Russian and Czech. For the Vienna Philharmonic, Summer Means Schönbrunn 2017-05-30T04:00:00Z That opulence was readily apparent in the ceaseless flow of cantabile melodies in Rachmaninoff’s Second Symphony. The Boston Symphony Finds Surprises and Strengths in New Music 2023-04-26T04:00:00Z “Stravinsky or Schoenberg I could understand,” he said, searching for influences considered more respectable in academic circles, “but Rachmaninoff?” Accessing a Place Of Shaggy Wildness 2011-05-14T04:00:07Z Rachmaninoff was in his mid-30s when he wrote the Second Symphony, first performed in 1908, and still felt bruised by the hostile reaction to his First a decade earlier. Review: The Philharmonic Reveals the Rhetoric of Rachmaninoff 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z There’s a quiet fearlessness to this album, which includes off-the-beaten-path selections and offers an array of ways to consider Bach, including through transcriptions by the likes of Busoni and Rachmaninoff. The 25 Best Classical Music Tracks of 2018 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z On the walls just outside hung autographs of the hall’s most famous denizens: Ravel, Rachmaninoff, Mahler, Caruso, Pons, Handy, Cliburn, Casals, Rostropovich, Callas. The Beatles Invasion 50 Years Ago: Wed., Feb 12, 1964 2014-02-12T10:30:07Z His embrace of Rachmaninoff, in all his emotional excesses, is that of a deeply empathic fan. Review: ‘Preludes’ Shows Rachmaninoff Failed by His Muse and Killing Time 2015-06-15T04:00:00Z I found it an obvious choice, though, to use an arrangement of Rachmaninoff’s melancholic “Vocalise” to accompany a slow-motion surfing sequence. Review: ‘The Reef’ Speaks in the Tongue of a Chamber Orchestra 2016-02-19T05:00:00Z So the day of the Rachmaninoff, I had to force myself to open up the score to get in the right mode. After a Punishing Sprint, Yannick Nézet-Séguin Can Celebrate 2022-03-06T05:00:00Z In 2007 he guest conducted the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl in a concert that included music by Rachmaninoff, Stravinsky and Shostakovich. Berlin Philharmonic names Kirill Petrenko as new chief conductor 2015-06-22T04:00:00Z Trifonov’s Hollywood Bowl debut in 2013 in which he performed Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2 played out the venue’s giant screens, sweat flying from his brow. Daniil Trifonov, 24, is ready to make magic at Walt Disney Concert Hall 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z Traditional figure skating music is often classical or instrumental — Boléro, Swan Lake, Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2 — or expansive movie scores from films like “Gladiator,” “Pirates of the Caribbean” or “Moulin Rouge.” Nathan Chen demonstrates new era of music in figure skating 2022-02-10T05:00:00Z Phil plays some more Rachmaninoff – the “Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini.” Night of connections, musical and personal, for Gustavo Dudamel, L.A. Phil 2014-12-05T05:00:00Z Trading on the reputation of composers like Prokofiev and Rachmaninoff, Intourist organised a series of arts festivals "as part of their 'cultural diplomacy' policy," says Sudakova. In pictures: Selling the USSR as a travel destination 2013-08-14T07:30:09Z And the way it works with — sometimes against — the highly changeable structure of the Rachmaninoff trio is often uncannily effective. Dance Review: At Royal Ballet, Debuts by Liam Scarlett and Wayne McGregor 2012-04-06T22:17:43Z “The music is here to stay,” said Gerstein, who this month is releasing an account of Rachmaninoff solo works and the Second Piano Concerto, with the Berlin Philharmonic under Kirill Petrenko. At 150, Rachmaninoff and His Music Are ‘Here to Stay’ 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z And she has tried to inhabit Rachmaninoff’s world, setting aside time to reflect on the love, loneliness and hope in his art. Yuja Wang, Daredevil Pianist, Takes on a Musical Everest 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z The program ended with a flourish: a sizzling performance of Liszt’s Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2, played here with the cadenza by Rachmaninoff. Music Review: George Li, Pianist at Merkin Concert Hall - Review 2011-11-02T22:39:01Z Four songs by Sergei Rachmaninoff offered some of the evening’s most beautiful singing, from the lovely floated pianissimos of “Sing not to me, fair maiden” to the thrilling high notes of “Spring Waters.” A tenor in his element performs Romantic songs in Vocal Arts DC recital. 2017-05-04T04:00:00Z The New York Philharmonic had already announced a replacement pianist for this week’s performances of Rachmaninoff’s Third Concerto, under Valery Gergiev, and I was eager to hear George Li, 24, play this daunting repertory staple. When Coronavirus Cancels Concerts, Critics Put on Headphones 2020-03-13T04:00:00Z “Full Moon and Empty Arms,” adapted from Rachmaninoff’s second piano concerto, becomes a ghostly country shuffle; even as Mr. Dylan sings about wishing for a reunion, his voice knows better than to hope. Releases From Bob Dylan and Diana Krall 2015-02-02T05:00:00Z The search function is not perfect; a Rachmaninoff track by the Chinese pianist Niu Niu also shows up in the mix of recordings by Rachmaninoff. Apple’s New App Aims to Make Classical Music More Accessible 2023-04-02T04:00:00Z Plenty of young artists use the Rachmaninoff to show off sparkling technical skills, and Malofeev had those in abundance. In His Twilight, a Conductor Revisits Where His Career Dawned 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z He sought boldness, as though wrapping the hall in a thick, heavy velvet Rachmaninoff bow that implied a gift of some extravagance and possibly decadence. Cristian Macelaru gets a big sound from the L.A. Phil as it plays Rachmaninoff 2015-12-20T05:00:00Z And to accuse Rachmaninoff of that is a bit like blaming Shakespeare for having too large of a vocabulary. At 150, Rachmaninoff and His Music Are ‘Here to Stay’ 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z As the New York Philharmonic’s artist in residence last season, he resurrected rarities and dazzled audiences with revelatory interpretations of Rachmaninoff, Britten and more. Leif Ove Andsnes on Chopin’s Ballades, ‘the Peak of Romantic Piano Music’ 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z "We lose so many things, like trees and buildings," Twitchell says as Rachmaninoff, his favorite, blasts from the stereo. Mural artist Kent Twitchell is extra busy at his canvas: L.A.'s streets 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z Here Ravel’s “Bolero” serves a function similar to that of the Satie and Rachmaninoff in the earlier pieces, supplying both irony and structure. Dance Review: Yvonne Rainer Retrospective at Dia:Beacon 2012-02-27T23:17:52Z Tchaikovsky was one of those, where certain people in his circle — in this case Alexander Siloti, his student and an uncle of Rachmaninoff — thought they knew better. Listen to Tchaikovsky, Stripped Down to His Intentions 2017-02-01T05:00:00Z This summer, he will reunite with Alsop to perform the Rachmaninoff concerto at the Bravo! A 19-Year-Old Pianist Electrifies Audiences. But He’s Unimpressed. 2023-05-09T04:00:00Z His program, including works by Scarlatti, Beethoven and Rachmaninoff, seemed devised to showcase his spectacular virtuosity, especially the final work: Liszt’s demonically difficult “Totentanz.” How Should a Musician Make a Debut? Try Going Low-Key 2017-02-10T05:00:00Z This was the second of three Carnegie programs, which began on Tuesday with music of Sebastian Currier, Beethoven and Brahms, and ends on Thursday with works by Prokofiev and Rachmaninoff. Boston Symphony Presents "Elektra" in Three-Night Carnegie Hall Stand 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z Rachmaninoff and Prokofiev were favorites, and done with aplomb; though there is no Mahler, Bruckner or Shostakovich here, despite his advocacy for all three composers, he made his way through Brahms and Tchaikovsky. 120 CDs Later, a Conductor’s Legacy Is Still Uncertain 2021-06-18T04:00:00Z It’s a wonderful way to introduce one of the city’s great treasures to youngsters who might not be dragged to the venue for an evening with Rachmaninoff. Review: 'E.T.' comes home to the Hollywood Bowl 2015-09-05T04:00:00Z Rachmaninoff found his own Piano Sonata No. 2 frustrating, and it’s certainly not my desert island work either, even played as well as it was here. Music Review: Marc-André Hamelin at the 92nd Street Y 2013-02-03T21:47:53Z Those qualities also enlivened a vivid interpretation of the Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2 on Sunday, in which the French pianist Lise de la Salle matched Mr. Luisi’s penchant for touching on extremes. Music Review: Vienna Symphony at Avery Fisher Hall - Review 2011-11-15T23:15:18Z He was tapped by a foundation established by the composer’s grandson to record Rachmaninoff’s unpublished works, using the composer’s own piano. Pacific Day marks the Maori New Year He is the man who reveals the deeper meanings of the music they play: the exuberance of Mozart, the power of Tchaikovsky, the "tormented, dark, much softer" side of Rachmaninoff. Fabio Bidini, 'last teacher' to Colburn School's pianists, thrives 'inside the music' 2015-12-18T05:00:00Z When Sergei Rachmaninoff, considered the world’s leading pianist, auditioned for a contract with Edison’s record company, Edison cut him off after three notes. An Inventor’s Life That Was Incandescent Any Way You Look at It 2019-10-22T04:00:00Z So in a stimulating way, the Rachmaninoff emerged sounding almost more modern than the committedly romantic Adams piece. Review: Spano and SSO skillfully serve 20th-century classics 2010-04-30T17:05:00Z For the Philharmonic to play this Ninth Symphony — and, next week, Rachmaninoff and Prokofiev — is a gesture, however small, against that message. Review: The Philharmonic’s Conductor Returns to His Perch 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z Prvacki fondly remembers practicing the flute for hours and listening to Rachmaninoff on her Walkman as a teen. Wrapped in stretchy fabric, orchestral musicians become performance art at Green Umbrella festival 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z It had the same freshness and tender lucidity that, in her hands, had lay beneath even Rachmaninoff’s densest, most ferocious fireworks. Review: Yuja Wang Sweeps Through a Rachmaninoff Marathon 2023-01-29T05:00:00Z But the finale — “Easter,” with the clangorous bell sounds so beloved by Rachmaninoff — seals the Russian character. Review: Daniil Trifonov and His Teacher Dazzle With Dual Virtuosity 2018-03-02T05:00:00Z The outside-the-norm part is that it was the Rachmaninoff First Concerto. Two musical season openings were influenced by black culture. One satisfied, the other soared. 2016-09-26T04:00:00Z His victory made him an immediate sensation; a video of his performance of Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 3 in the finals has been viewed more than 11 million times on YouTube. A 19-Year-Old Pianist Electrifies Audiences. But He’s Unimpressed. 2023-05-09T04:00:00Z No less surprisingly, the fascinating rhythmic slippage of lines in the second part of the Adams was surely anticipated eight decades earlier in the slow movement of Rachmaninoff's Second Piano Concerto. Review: Spano and SSO skillfully serve 20th-century classics 2010-04-30T17:05:00Z On his commute to and from middle school, he often played a 1978 recording of the Rachmaninoff concerto by Vladimir Horowitz and the Philharmonic. A 19-Year-Old Pianist Electrifies Audiences. But He’s Unimpressed. 2023-05-09T04:00:00Z The finale ends in a blaze of glory; near the close, Rachmaninoff inscribed: “Alliluya.” ‘Rachmaninoff Plays Symphonic Dances’ Review: A Master Interprets Himself 2018-09-17T04:00:00Z It is composing, as much as performing, that makes Mr. Trifonov an echo of Rachmaninoff. Daniil Trifonov, New to Rachmaninoff, but a Bold and Youthful Echo 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z Having begun to play professionally by the age of 11, he got a manager when he was 12, and toured with showpieces like Rachmaninoff’s “Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini” and Prokofiev’s Third Piano Concerto. Conrad Tao Was Never Just Another Prodigy 2019-11-15T05:00:00Z Yet in an intriguing internal conflict, the musical gestures are often stirring and neo-Romantic, like something Rachmaninoff might write if he were working today. Music Review: Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival in New Mexico 2012-07-29T20:46:59Z Given the familiarity of these pieces, you might wonder why a Rachmaninoff festival was called for. Review: Daniil Trifonov Brings Subtlety to Rachmaninoff 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z And his burly rhythmic insistence makes unexpected triumphs of Franck’s Symphony and Rachmaninoff’s “The Isle of the Dead.” A Monkish Conductor Who Expressed His Faith Through Music 2022-04-29T04:00:00Z For its second program of the winter season, “Hear the Dance: Russia,” New York City Ballet offers four works set to the music of Rachmaninoff, Stravinsky, Tchaikovsky and Glazunov. From City Ballet, ‘Hear the Dance: Russia’ 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z Orchestrated with the forces of maximal Romantic grandeur, the Rachmaninoff concerto tends to overpower soloists — who, denied a traditional cadenza in the first movement, must often settle for hand-cramping virtuosity that hardly anyone can hear. Review: Two Artists Arrive at the Philharmonic, Loudly 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z He was as likely to listen to the Beatles as he was to Rachmaninoff. Louis Armstrong’s Life in Letters, Music and Art 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z This time Ms. Netrebko will stay on the stage of the Metropolitan Opera for her New York recital debut, a program of works by Rimsky-Korsakov, Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff, accompanied by the pianist Malcolm Martineau. Classical Music Listings for Feb. 26-Mar. 3 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z His Rachmaninoff won ovations, but he was dissatisfied with the performance, believing that he achieved only about 30 percent of what he had hoped to accomplish. A 19-Year-Old Pianist Electrifies Audiences. But He’s Unimpressed. 2023-05-09T04:00:00Z Where Bach demands active participation of the individual listener, Rachmaninoff encourages meditative contemplation. The Berlin Radio Choir Sings Rachmaninoff’s Vespers 2014-10-12T04:00:00Z Master orchestrators like Strauss, Ravel and Rachmaninoff have used it for coloristic purposes, and a number of composers have featured it as a solo instrument. 2010-01-31T06:12:00Z Ms. Astanova also failed to imbue the slow movements of either the Tchaikovsky, performed in the first half of the program, or the Rachmaninoff, played after intermission, with any sense of lyricism. Music Review: Lola Astanova With the Orchestra of St. Luke’s 2013-01-26T01:04:56Z But after the careers of Rachmaninoff, Bartok and Prokofiev in the mid-20th century, there was a distinct falling off. Review | Pianist-composer Michael Brown celebrates Bernstein 2018-06-11T04:00:00Z Watts’s brooding, passionate reading of the Rachmaninoff was the musical equivalent of comfort food, a dish all the more satisfying for its deep familiarity. Review | André Watts is star attraction at Baltimore Symphony Orchestra 2017-11-19T05:00:00Z The work is indebted to Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff in structure and sound, with dark-hued cello melodies beautifully played by Mr. Altstaedt. Music Review: When Youthful Ambition Was Restrained by Prudence 2011-03-28T22:21:23Z He’s drawn to the slithering sound of Frederick Delius, and to oddities like the “garish but amazing” Stokowski orchestration of Rachmaninoff’s Prelude in C sharp minor. The Conductor John Wilson Doesn’t Like Musical Distinctions 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z To kick off 2015 a year ago, Trinity Wall Street presented a performance of Rachmaninoff’s Vespers by the Clarion Choir at St. Paul’s Chapel as part of its Twelfth Night Festival. Clarion Choir Delves Into the Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom, a Rachmaninoff Rarity 2016-01-01T05:00:00Z A legendary pianist himself, Rachmaninoff played the solo part with an effective near-nonchalance. Can two sensations make revolutionary music? Conductor Dudamel and pianist Trifonov try to find a spark 2016-12-02T05:00:00Z After intermission he switched gears emotionally with a potent rendition of Aleko’s cavatina from the Rachmaninoff opera of the same name. Review: National Council Auditions Winners Named at Grand Finals Concert 2015-03-23T04:00:00Z Traumatized, Rachmaninoff took a lengthy hiatus from composition and required hypnosis to begin writing again. Review: Lisa Batiashvili With the New York Philharmonic 2015-02-06T05:00:00Z Soloist Olga Kern took the stage for Sergei Rachmaninoff’s First Piano Concerto, a youthful gantlet of virtuosity. Leonard Slatkin gives himself a 75th birthday present: a reunion with the NSO 2019-12-06T05:00:00Z He is the star attraction of the Philharmonic’s Rachmaninoff festival, and one of the few possible excuses for three solid weeks of that composer’s all-too-evergreen music. Daniil Trifonov, New to Rachmaninoff, but a Bold and Youthful Echo 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z In a letter to a friend, quoted in the program notes, Rachmaninoff described the First Sonata as “wild and interminable,” so long and difficult that “nobody will ever play it.” Music Review: Hungarian Tradition, African Lilt 2011-05-27T23:00:24Z But Anton Rubinstein and Rachmaninoff stuck with their well-worn 19th-century European Romanticism, capitalizing on the attractions of veiled beauty with songs that positively melted with longing. For lovers of pure sound, Belov’s Persian-thread program delivers 2015-03-15T04:00:00Z How does Rachmaninoff himself perform this secret passage, the meaning of which was his alone? ‘Rachmaninoff Plays Symphonic Dances’ Review: A Master Interprets Himself 2018-09-17T04:00:00Z Julian Wachner conducts his excellent choir in Rachmaninoff’s unreasonably beautiful “Vespers.” 7 Classical Music Concerts to See in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-11-15T05:00:00Z Kastalsky, born in 1856, was a student of Tchaikovsky and a mentor to Rachmaninoff, and an acknowledged leader, even trailblazer, in Russian Orthodox church music. Review | After 100 years, a gentle Requiem has its premiere 2018-10-22T04:00:00Z A few weeks later, he achieved the same milestone with the Philadelphia Orchestra as the soloist in Rachmaninoff’s Third Piano Concerto. A Composer’s Final Work Contains ‘Visions’ of an American Master 2019-04-05T04:00:00Z Rachmaninoff and Mahler meet somewhere at the juncture of late Romanticism and post-Romanticism, styles in which the Philadelphians excelled through the 20th century. Review: Philadelphia Orchestra Plays Rachmaninoff and Work by a Mahler Proxy 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z Occasionally, an overwhelming plushness traded the vulnerability of Rachmaninoff’s music for invincible solidity. The Boston Symphony Finds Surprises and Strengths in New Music 2023-04-26T04:00:00Z Tuesday's program was top-heavy with the formidable Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3 — now popularly known, thanks to the movie "Shine," as the Rach 3 — leading off matters. Sprightly Rachmaninoff maintains a run of Russians at the Bowl 2015-07-15T04:00:00Z The program at8 p.m. on Saturday echoes his new recording with homages to Chopin — represented by the Piano Sonata No. 2 — by Mompou, Schumann, Grieg, Barber, Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff. 10 Things to Do in NYC Now 2017-10-27T04:00:00Z It was a huge break for an unknown teenager: playing Rachmaninoff’s Second Piano Concerto with the Philadelphia Orchestra and Eugene Ormandy. Piano Stars Gather for a Legend’s 90th 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z The BSO played the Rachmaninoff well; the score’s unfamiliarity elicited some smudged passages, but also a different energy level, as everyone concentrated on the challenge. BSO at Strathmore: A well-balanced ensemble that hits right at the surface There are numerous classic recordings of Rachmaninoff’s popular Second Piano Concerto. The Best Classical Music Recordings of 2016 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z But taking on these Rachmaninoff pieces together — more than 400 pages of music, including some of the most vexing piano passages in the repertory — poses a new test. Yuja Wang, Daredevil Pianist, Takes on a Musical Everest 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z The competition, held once every four years, mixes a little bit of “American Idol” with a whole lot of Liszt and Rachmaninoff. Texas Monthly: In Texas, Van Cliburn Piano Contest Goes On Without Him 2013-05-19T02:09:31Z So the orchestra told me what they needed most from me, and we fixed two or three obvious spots in the Rachmaninoff symphony. After a Punishing Sprint, Yannick Nézet-Séguin Can Celebrate 2022-03-06T05:00:00Z No artist has ever played all five of these Rachmaninoff works in a single concert at Carnegie, which is marketing the performance as a “once-in-a-lifetime” experience. Yuja Wang, Daredevil Pianist, Takes on a Musical Everest 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z It’s very reflective music; you can feel in some places the influence of Rachmaninoff and Scriabin, but that’s just fleeting moments. An American Leads the Odesa Philharmonic to Berlin 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z She will perform Schumann’s “Carnaval”; Alkan’s Étude No. 3 from “Twelve Études in the Major Keys”; Chopin’s Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor; and a selection of Rachmaninoff’s Preludes. Opera and Classical Music Listings for Jan. 31-Feb. 6 2014-01-31T00:02:45Z When the New York Philharmonic performed Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2 on Thursday, barely a month had passed since that piece was heard nearby at Carnegie Hall. Review: Two Artists Arrive at the Philharmonic, Loudly 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z The Rachmaninoff thrives on being free and beautiful. After a Punishing Sprint, Yannick Nézet-Séguin Can Celebrate 2022-03-06T05:00:00Z First, where do you stand on Rachmaninoff’s place in music? At 150, Rachmaninoff and His Music Are ‘Here to Stay’ 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z The soprano Renée Fleming will perform Rachmaninoff songs and arias from two Dvorak operas, including the signature aria, “Song to the Moon,” from the opera “Rusalka.” For the Vienna Philharmonic, Summer Means Schönbrunn 2017-05-30T04:00:00Z He has conducted some vibrant, insightful accounts of Rachmaninoff and Brahms symphonies and other works. The New York Philharmonic Returns, in the Midst of Transitions 2021-09-19T04:00:00Z Seattle Symphony Orchestra With guest conductor Thomas Dausgaard in a program of Rachmaninoff and Sibelius, 7:30 p.m. Danish guest conductor arrives for a weekend of Northern European composers 2010-03-24T22:28:00Z But this was an uncommonly elegant and lucid Rachmaninoff Third. Music Review: Atlanta Symphony at Carnegie Hall - Review 2011-11-06T22:13:48Z On Tuesday and Wednesday at 5 p.m. the Clarion Society under the direction of Steven Fox sings Rachmaninoff’s gorgeous “Vespers.” Opera and Classical Music Listings for Dec. 27-Jan. 2 2013-12-27T05:51:06Z It is a long, brooding memorial to Tchaikovsky written by a 20-year-old who was already recognizably Rachmaninoff. Gidon Kremer shares a performance of a lifetime 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z The harmonically elaborate work incorporates original Znamenny, Byzantine and Kievan chants; in other of the 15 movements, Rachmaninoff used what he called “conscious counterfeits” of chant style. Music Review: Clarion Choir in Rachmaninoff’s Vespers 2014-01-02T22:39:23Z But the show is also, implicitly and inevitably, set in the mind of Mr. Malloy inhabiting the mind of Rachmaninoff. Review: ‘Preludes’ Shows Rachmaninoff Failed by His Muse and Killing Time 2015-06-15T04:00:00Z “I was so tired,” Lim, who played concertos by Beethoven and Rachmaninoff in the final round, said in a telephone interview. At Cliburn Competition, Pianists From South Korea, Russia and Ukraine Triumph 2022-06-19T04:00:00Z About listening again to Alfred Brendel play Beethoven, he told me: “I love Brendel. I never could understand why he hated Rachmaninoff. Imagine being a piano player who boycotts a composer.” Clive James, a Tireless Polymath Who Led With His Wit 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z Rachmaninoff’s Prelude in G minor There’s a darkness to it. Jovan Adepo Pushes Through With Rachmaninoff and ‘Love Island’ 2021-01-01T05:00:00Z But where her Chopin was romantically pianistic, the three Rachmaninoff Op. Mayron Tsong puts on a full and lively piano concert in just an hour Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, Paganini, Mendelssohn, Liszt and Rachmaninoff were all considered among the top virtuosos of their day. Composer Stephen Hough, accomplished on paper and in the concert hall 2016-09-26T04:00:00Z Notes of Sorrow in Changes at Steinway First, Steinway & Sons closed on the sale of its Beaux-Arts Manhattan building on West 57th Street, where the likes of Sergei Rachmaninoff and Vladimir Horowitz once practiced. Notes of Sorrow in Changes at Steinway 2013-07-12T22:10:28Z The New York Philharmonic played two famous failures on Thursday: the pieces that brought Rachmaninoff perhaps the most excoriation when they were new. Review: Resurrecting a Pair of Rachmaninoff Flops 2015-11-20T05:00:00Z On Wednesday, he played the Rachmaninoff concerto, one of the most difficult and popular in the repertoire, with clean, confident technique; silkily smooth tone; and rare relish in passages of sprightly humor. Review: Yunchan Lim, Teenage Piano Star, Arrives in New York 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z The orchestra’s concert of Grieg’s “Symphonic Dances” and Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2 was to be aired by South Dakota Public Broadcasting, an important way to reach audiences in a state with a spread-out population. A Red State’s Arts Blues 2017-04-25T04:00:00Z She earned praise from critics for her fiery interpretations of works by Russians like Rachmaninoff, Tchaikovsky and Prokofiev. Yuja Wang, Daredevil Pianist, Takes on a Musical Everest 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z The final offering was Anna Netrebko singing a Rachmaninoff song, a performance prerecorded in a studio in Vienna. The Met Opera’s At-Home Gala: Informal Yet Profoundly Moving 2020-04-26T04:00:00Z After listening to a Rachmaninoff concerto, Marilyn gets real comic conviction into her voice when she decides it must be classical music ‘because there’s no vocal’.” Marilyn Monroe 50 Years Later: In TIME and Out of Time 2012-08-03T12:00:58Z I felt similarly ambiguous about Thursday’s Rachmaninoff performance, and similarly unsure to what degree my reaction was objective. Brilliant soloist gives powerful, ambiguous performance 2015-04-03T04:00:00Z We had this thing by Khatchaturian – you know Rachmaninoff's modulations and stuff like that, three or four keys? Miles Davis: 'Coltrane was a very greedy man. Bird was, too. He was a big hog' – a classic interview from the vaults 2012-11-06T13:26:00Z He will share some of it on Nov. 20, when he makes his debut at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, in a program that includes contemporary music alongside classics by Bach, Rachmaninoff and Schumann. Conrad Tao Was Never Just Another Prodigy 2019-11-15T05:00:00Z If certain of his phrases in the Rachmaninoff could have relaxed just a shade more, his encores — yes, plural — were pure eloquent serenity. Review: Yunchan Lim, Teenage Piano Star, Arrives in New York 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z When the script touches on music that Lisa played — works by Debussy, Rachmaninoff, Edvard Grieg and others — Golabek sits at a grand piano and performs. Review | Telling her mother’s war story on stage with a piano 2018-09-17T04:00:00Z The rhapsody, played here with a cadenza by Rachmaninoff, concluded Ms. Paik’s recital on Wednesday evening at Mannes College the New School for Music, part of the college’s lively International Keyboard Institute and Festival. Music Review: HaeSun Paik and Michail Lifits at Mannes Concert Hall 2010-07-30T22:28:00Z The St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra performs a second program at Carnegie Hall, with works by Prokofiev and Rachmaninoff, on Saturday night; 212-247-7800, carnegiehall.org. Music Review: St. Petersburg Philharmonic and Denis Kozhukhin Perform 2014-02-14T22:30:29Z After playing such admirably tasteful Rachmaninoff, he offered his own shamelessly flashy arrangement of Strauss’s Overture to “Die Fledermaus.” Review: Daniil Trifonov Brings Subtlety to Rachmaninoff 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z The same composer’s “Étude,” from 1969, was a homage to Rachmaninoff, whose influence could be heard in its roiling textures over an underlying trill. Music Review: Memorials and Reveries in a Cozy Cabaret Setting 2011-08-22T22:39:58Z His performance of Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 3 has since been watched more than 12 million times on YouTube. Yunchan Lim: 19-year-old piano sensation signs record deal 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z Elsa screws up while playing Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2, leading her to walk off the stage in Vienna. How Deborah Levy's self-soothing COVID-lockdown habit inspired a virtuosic novel 2023-06-06T04:00:00Z Phil’s Rachmaninoff Festival finds a curious, though unintended, relevance thanks to its surprise connections with Philip Glass. Review: Los Angeles Opera turns to the raw side of Dublin in a pair of new operas 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z He had gone into the kitchen for something and became fascinated by Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2 that happened to be playing. Commentary: The curious case of Rachmaninoff and his connection to Philip Glass 2023-04-14T04:00:00Z Sergei Rachmaninoff is a popular composer, but many classical music experts dismiss him as a sentimentalist who leaned into nostalgia. The Power and Limits of Abortion Politics 2023-04-06T04:00:00Z The New York Times praised how his interpretation of Rachmaninoff moved from "quietly, calmly penetrating lucidity" to "pinging intensity". Yunchan Lim: 19-year-old piano sensation signs record deal 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z This was Rachmaninoff heard like it’s not been heard anywhere else. Review: Gustavo Dudamel and Yuja Wang lead an exceptional, propulsive Rachmaninoff festival 2023-02-15T05:00:00Z Watch students, alumni and faculty from the Rome School of Music, Drama and Art perform works by Russian American composer Sergei Rachmaninoff. Upcoming events at D.C.-area universities that are fun and open to all 2023-02-09T05:00:00Z In modern music circles, Sergei Rachmaninoff, and this notorious potboiler, in particular, was to be avoided at all costs throughout much of the 20th century. Commentary: The curious case of Rachmaninoff and his connection to Philip Glass 2023-04-14T04:00:00Z ‘Dream With Me’ at the Edye The Sunday Morning Music series continues and includes this intimate program of chamber works by Beethoven, Rachmaninoff, Bernstein, Massenet and Zemlinsky. 14 fun, romantic and artsy ways to celebrate Valentine's Day this week and next 2023-02-06T05:00:00Z Remember “Shine”? The biopic about an Australian pianist with a schizoaffective disorder made a momentary sensation of Rachmaninoff’s Third Piano Concerto. Commentary: Oscar nominee 'Tár' brought conducting into the spotlight. That's not good for classical music 2023-01-25T05:00:00Z Each program ended with Dudamel conducting Rachmaninoff’s Symphonic Dances, his best known — and best — orchestral work. Review: Gustavo Dudamel and Yuja Wang lead an exceptional, propulsive Rachmaninoff festival 2023-02-15T05:00:00Z Known as one of the greatest composers in Romanticism, Rachmaninoff is renowned for his Second Piano Concerto. Upcoming events at D.C.-area universities that are fun and open to all 2023-02-09T05:00:00Z We are now in the midst of celebrating the 150th anniversary of Rachmaninoff’s birth, on Apr. 1, 1873, and it’s been next to impossible to miss the Russian composer. Commentary: The curious case of Rachmaninoff and his connection to Philip Glass 2023-04-14T04:00:00Z But when his business was on verge of bankruptcy, right after the pandemic started, he was listening to Rachmaninoff all the time. Murakami, Malone unite in ‘flower-butterfly’ collaboration 2022-11-22T05:00:00Z It is a programming strategy he has deployed before to good reception, as when he filled the same sandwich of Italian composers with Rachmaninoff’s “Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini” in 2019. Review | Noseda and the NSO find a recipe for success: It’s an Italian sandwich 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z The First Concerto, very early Rachmaninoff, needed all the help it could use, and got it. Review: Gustavo Dudamel and Yuja Wang lead an exceptional, propulsive Rachmaninoff festival 2023-02-15T05:00:00Z Already a piano prodigy, she shocked the prestigious Juilliard School into accepting her at age 8 by playing her own riff on Rachmaninoff. Perspective | McCarthyism silenced this Black icon. Now dancers are making noise. 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z Last summer, the erudite Bard Music Festival in New York examined Rachmaninoff as “one of the last great Romantics” who “navigated between Russia and modernity.” Commentary: The curious case of Rachmaninoff and his connection to Philip Glass 2023-04-14T04:00:00Z Between interruptions, the Rachmaninoff was a showcase of Yamada’s powers at the podium — watching him awaken the mounting storm at the end of its long first movement was immensely satisfying. Review | NSO takes on Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff and the racket of the audience 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z Right now, we’re working on the second and third and fourth movement of Rachmaninoff’s Symphony No. 2. Hear from four TJ freshmen admitted under controversial circumstances 2022-05-31T04:00:00Z In the Symphonic Dances, Dudamel was expansive while also exalting in the orchestral colors, especially Rachmaninoff’s use of the saxophone. Review: Gustavo Dudamel and Yuja Wang lead an exceptional, propulsive Rachmaninoff festival 2023-02-15T05:00:00Z Goldman, who was among the players on the search committee in 2015, had his first experience with Noseda when the conductor led Rachmaninoff’s second symphony as a guest. NSO extends music director Gianandrea Noseda’s tenure 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z It begins in 1919 with Los Angeles Philharmonic founder William Andrews Clark inviting Rachmaninoff to be the orchestra’s first music director. Commentary: The curious case of Rachmaninoff and his connection to Philip Glass 2023-04-14T04:00:00Z Restoration Concerts Concert pianist Robert Thies performs a romantic recital featuring works by Schubert, Schumann, Debussy, Rachmaninoff, Gershwin, et al. 13 ways to treat mom this Mother's Day: Live music, dance, theater, movies and more 2022-05-04T04:00:00Z He also took in a concert at which a teenage Jewish pianist named Yefim Bronfman played Rachmaninoff’s “Piano Concerto No. 3.” Getty, Bradbury, Marmont, Lummis: The people behind the famous L.A. buildings 2022-04-19T04:00:00Z It mirrors what Rachmaninoff seemed to be suggesting in this, his last major work, written two years before his death: saying goodbye. Review: Gustavo Dudamel and Yuja Wang lead an exceptional, propulsive Rachmaninoff festival 2023-02-15T05:00:00Z “They’re now engaging in the cancel culture, even removing Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich and Rachmaninoff from posters,” he said. Perspective | By denying a Ukrainian culture, Putin flattens his own 2022-04-06T04:00:00Z Rachmaninoff told Cowell his music was nothing but wrong notes, yet encouraged him to continue to experiment, nonetheless. Commentary: The curious case of Rachmaninoff and his connection to Philip Glass 2023-04-14T04:00:00Z “The names of Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich and Rachmaninoff are being removed from playbills. Russian writers and their books are being banned,” Putin said. Putin goes into battle on a second front: Culture 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z A Warsaw orchestra recently decided to dedicate its performance to Ukraine and dropped a planned performance of a piano concerto by Sergei Rachmaninoff, the Russian composer. Nerves on edge in Poland as war next door in Ukraine revives fears of Russia 2022-03-12T05:00:00Z “We have no plans to change our summer and autumn programmes,” May wrote, “which contain pieces by Rachmaninoff, Prokofiev and Rimsky-Korsakof.” Opinion | Two questions to ask before joining the culture war on Russia 2022-03-10T05:00:00Z Her skaters have performed to Rachmaninoff and to music from a “Rambo” movie. At 80, Tamara Moskvina Is Still Going for the Standing Ovation 2022-02-18T05:00:00Z Rachmaninoff said he once wrote “wrong notes,” too. Commentary: The curious case of Rachmaninoff and his connection to Philip Glass 2023-04-14T04:00:00Z The pianist, who gave her first recital aged four, recorded My Life In Music last year, featuring music by Sergei Rachmaninoff and Frederic Chopin. Former child prodigy Ruth Slenczynska will release a new album at the age of 97 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z In Sergei Rachmaninoff’s “All Night Vigil,” however, hallelujah reflects a more quiet devotion. Hallelujah! The remarkable story behind this joyful word 2021-12-20T05:00:00Z Sunday afternoon in Walt Disney Concert Hall, composer and pianist Nicholas Britell played a riff on Rachmaninoff as a surprise encore to his Los Angeles Philharmonic concert of film music. Review: The L.A. Master Chorale is back with Rachmaninoff's 'All-Night Vigil' 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z Rachmaninoff’s All-Night Vigil Don’t worry, you’ll be home by bedtime: The Los Angeles Master Chorale mounts the composer’s monumental 1915 a cappella work inspired by Russian Orthodox texts. Martha Graham Dance Co., film music, a Beatles salute and 9 more picks for your weekend 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z The festival drew an excitedly diverse and trendy crowd, with Wang’s electrifying currency making Rachmaninoff sound as hip as Glass. Commentary: The curious case of Rachmaninoff and his connection to Philip Glass 2023-04-14T04:00:00Z She made her debut in Berlin at age six and in Paris at age seven; and is considered to be Rachmaninoff's last living pupil, often wearing a Faberge egg necklace that he gave to her. Former child prodigy Ruth Slenczynska will release a new album at the age of 97 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z After beginning his professional career in Europe, Mr. Freire debuted with the New York Philharmonic in 1970, performing Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 4. Nelson Freire, acclaimed Brazilian pianist, dies at 77 2021-11-03T04:00:00Z Not only is this incense-laden solemn “Vigil” by the same Russian composer who inspired Britell, but the work itself is also an extraordinary example of Rachmaninoff riffing. Review: The L.A. Master Chorale is back with Rachmaninoff's 'All-Night Vigil' 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z Phil played Rachmaninoff’s “Symphonic Dances,” his last major piece, three years after it was written. Review: With Susanna Mälkki and Leila Josefowicz at the helm, John Adams' Violin Concerto soars 2021-11-09T05:00:00Z Davies’ clear, incisive Rachmaninoff reading, which I caught on a livestream of the Brno concert, contained the coolness of Aaron Copland yet flowed with the melodic lyricism of Harrison. Commentary: The curious case of Rachmaninoff and his connection to Philip Glass 2023-04-14T04:00:00Z Horowitz put together a demanding program of works by Mozart, Rachmaninoff, Schubert, Liszt, Scriabin and Chopin, all of which held a special meaning to the pianist. What's on TV Friday: 'Magnum P.I.' on CBS; 'Painting With John' 2021-01-21T05:00:00Z He’s done a total of 10 composers and more are planned, including Puccini and Rachmaninoff. Live from Italy, Hershey Felder tells stories, helps others 2020-12-17T05:00:00Z Rachmaninoff’s “Vigil” does not, of course, last all night. Review: The L.A. Master Chorale is back with Rachmaninoff's 'All-Night Vigil' 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z Phil the week before, and it did so even more this time with Rachmaninoff. Review: With Susanna Mälkki and Leila Josefowicz at the helm, John Adams' Violin Concerto soars 2021-11-09T05:00:00Z It has reached the point today that any hardcore new music advocate needing to escape Rachmaninoff in the concert hall had better have a good pair of running shoes. Commentary: The curious case of Rachmaninoff and his connection to Philip Glass 2023-04-14T04:00:00Z “Any music you put in front of me, I’ll play. My favorite composer is Rachmaninoff,” she said. Tanner instills a love of music in new generation 2020-11-29T05:00:00Z He and his wife opened their Pasadena home for fundraisers and gatherings for the arts, and in 2002 they hosted a Polish pianist competing in the first Rachmaninoff International Piano Competition and Festival in Pasadena. Warner Henry, donor who helped to build L.A.’s classical music scene, dies 2020-08-06T04:00:00Z Even so, Rachmaninoff’s “Vigil” is no more an all-night church service than the music to “Succession” is a Rachmaninoff piano concerto. Review: The L.A. Master Chorale is back with Rachmaninoff's 'All-Night Vigil' 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z But there was reason to think of Rachmaninoff that way Sunday. Review: With Susanna Mälkki and Leila Josefowicz at the helm, John Adams' Violin Concerto soars 2021-11-09T05:00:00Z Argerich’s Rachmaninoff recording with Economou, which almost sounds like electronic music when listened to today, may have set the modernist Rachmaninoff tone. Commentary: The curious case of Rachmaninoff and his connection to Philip Glass 2023-04-14T04:00:00Z Inon Barnatan The pianist performs a live recital that includes Schubert’s Piano Sonata in A, plus his own new transcription of Rachmaninoff’s “Symphonic Dances” for solo piano. A free concert with La Santa Cecilia's La Marisoul: Your must-watch of the day 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z “Sundays at Seven” Los Angeles Master Chorale streams an audio recording of a 2010 performance of Rachmaninoff’s “All-Night Vigil.” Not quite ready for reopening? 10 culture picks to watch at home this weekend 2020-06-13T04:00:00Z Already by the fourth section, Rachmaninoff exults in “Gladsome Light.” Review: The L.A. Master Chorale is back with Rachmaninoff's 'All-Night Vigil' 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z She discovers in Rachmaninoff an essential rhythmic drive nearly comparable to that of Stravinsky or Bartók. Review: With Susanna Mälkki and Leila Josefowicz at the helm, John Adams' Violin Concerto soars 2021-11-09T05:00:00Z So explicit was the fit, that Pierre Boulez, who had no patience with throwback Romanticism, said that Rachmaninoff’s piano music can be interesting. Commentary: The curious case of Rachmaninoff and his connection to Philip Glass 2023-04-14T04:00:00Z The musicians have drawn from their own playlists that include Schubert, Schumann, Beethoven and Rachmaninoff, as well as George Gershwin and Andrew Lloyd Webber. These Are the Bedside Concerts Comforting Virus Patients 2020-05-03T04:00:00Z An heiress loves and leaves a violinist and a pianist, to music by Rachmaninoff and Tchaikovsky. Movies on TV this week, May 3 - 9: 'Raiders of the Lost Ark' 2020-05-01T04:00:00Z None of it sounds faintly like Rachmaninoff, who became so popular that he grew to hate the showy C-Sharp Minor Prelude for which he was known. Review: The L.A. Master Chorale is back with Rachmaninoff's 'All-Night Vigil' 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z She physically dominated the keyboard on three Rachmaninoff études tableaux encores. Commentary: Yuja Wang and Hélène Grimaud, two case studies in stardom 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z Phil happened to be an outlier with its Rachmaninoff Festival, sticking only to the composer and not, as it often does, commissioning new or presenting recent works to go along with the old. Commentary: The curious case of Rachmaninoff and his connection to Philip Glass 2023-04-14T04:00:00Z A piano prodigy who began improvising at age 3, Mr. Simon was known for his buoyant renditions of Romantic classics by composers such as Beethoven, Schumann and Rachmaninoff. Abbey Simon, piano virtuoso attentive to music’s ‘inner life,’ dies at 99 2019-12-22T05:00:00Z Isata, on the other hand, kept Rachmaninoff’s romanticism at bay, clarifying textures and providing a foundation for her brother. Review: For Sheku Kanneh-Mason, a critic's hope that he's allowed to grow into greatness 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z But you need to hear it live and in a great acoustic space to fully sense how Rachmaninoff’s wizardry transformed reverberating voices into orchestral sounds. Review: The L.A. Master Chorale is back with Rachmaninoff's 'All-Night Vigil' 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z Thursday’s program included a revelatory performance of Rachmaninoff’s Fourth Piano Concerto with the outstanding Russian soloist Daniil Trifonov and a magisterial account of Schumann’s “Rhenish” Symphony. Review: Michael Tilson Thomas can still dance after two decades at San Francisco Symphony 2019-09-20T04:00:00Z While Stefanovich did find real commonality between Rachmaninoff and Ligeti, often in the cross rhythms and irregular counterpoint, much of what makes Rachmaninoff modern is simply our less doctrinaire ideas of modernity. Commentary: The curious case of Rachmaninoff and his connection to Philip Glass 2023-04-14T04:00:00Z Her virtuosity remained on prominent display, but the extra practice to work up the Rachmaninoff might have caused further muscle strain. Review: Dudamel marks his 10th L.A. Phil anniversary with a Hollywood Bowl blowout 2019-07-19T04:00:00Z Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center The ensemble plays an all-Russian program of works by Prokofiev, Rachmaninoff, Tchaikovsky and Taneyev in an intimate concert with all seating onstage. SoCal classical music listings, March 3-10: Pianist Yuja Wang with the L.A. Phil and more 2019-03-01T05:00:00Z It is thus in the spirit of Rachmaninoff’s own succession of a Russian Orthodox service. Review: The L.A. Master Chorale is back with Rachmaninoff's 'All-Night Vigil' 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z Program notes always tell us that Rachmaninoff was influenced by jazz in this concerto. Review: Michael Tilson Thomas can still dance after two decades at San Francisco Symphony 2019-09-20T04:00:00Z But what made Tao’s program work as well as it did was the way it showed just how much attention popular and film composers paid to Rachmaninoff. Commentary: The curious case of Rachmaninoff and his connection to Philip Glass 2023-04-14T04:00:00Z Popular as Rachmaninoff has long been at the Bowl, the Tchaikovsky concerto is something of a signature song for the venue. Review: Dudamel marks his 10th L.A. Phil anniversary with a Hollywood Bowl blowout 2019-07-19T04:00:00Z He recorded complete cycles of the symphonies of Ralph Vaughan Williams, Sergei Rachmaninoff and Sergei Prokofiev, among others. André Previn, musical polymath and Oscar-winning composer and conductor, dies at 89 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z On Sunday and on the heels of Britell, the “Vigil” served not only as a beacon of Rachmaninoff’s time but also of ours. Review: The L.A. Master Chorale is back with Rachmaninoff's 'All-Night Vigil' 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z For hours she’d sit at the family piano, meticulously making her way through Beethoven, Chopin, and Rachmaninoff. Pianist recovers after freak accident 2019-02-25T05:00:00Z Strayhorn’s melancholic “Lush Life” might well have represented the lush life Rachmaninoff led all the while pining for the old Russia that no longer existed. Commentary: The curious case of Rachmaninoff and his connection to Philip Glass 2023-04-14T04:00:00Z Laguna Beach Music Festival The closing day features pianist and artistic director Joyce Yang and others performing works by Prokofiev, Rachmaninoff and Ravel. SoCal classical music listings, Feb. 10-17: Tempesta di Mare at the Soraya and more 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z The newly restored white limestone facade of the 1920s Steinway Hall, where Sergei Rachmaninoff, Nina Simone and Marvin Gaye all played, now cowers at the foot of one of the most audacious structures ever conceived. Super-tall, super-skinny, super-expensive: the 'pencil towers' of New York's super-rich 2019-02-05T05:00:00Z Year after year, the white-tie gala continues to hold a unique place in Washington’s social calendar, offering a theatrical evening of vodka, Rachmaninoff and extravagant ballroom dancing. The Scene: The 2019 Russian Ball 2019-01-13T05:00:00Z With these wireless, noise canceling headphones, you can substitute Rachmaninoff for gate announcements, revving engines and the hacking cough of the passenger in the next seat. The ultimate holiday gift guide Tao ended his recital joined by Jay Campbell for Rachmaninoff’s early Cello Sonata. Commentary: The curious case of Rachmaninoff and his connection to Philip Glass 2023-04-14T04:00:00Z Li’s new live solo recital recording of Haydn, Chopin and Rachmaninoff further reveals an expressive pianist who watches his step. Review: A young pianist helps Grieg feel fresh again at the Bowl 2018-07-28T04:00:00Z On Thursday night, the chemistry between soloist and orchestra in the Rachmaninoff was unmistakable. Review: Gustavo Dudamel and pianist Behzod Abduraimov amp the passion, hold the schmaltz in Rachmaninoff at the Bowl 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z Mozart, Rachmaninoff, Beethoven, Handel - they were all renegades, they were all trailblazers, they were tearing it up. Classic Brits returns after five years 2018-03-23T04:00:00Z For those with small hand spans, it’s difficult, if not impossible, to properly play many works of Beethoven and Brahms; the works of Rachmaninoff are particularly daunting. Special keyboards at SMU help musicians with small hands 2018-01-01T05:00:00Z But if that led to a disconnect, suggesting that perhaps Rachmaninoff can only be modern up to a point, the chamber music ensemble Camerata Pacifica intends to give it another go. Commentary: The curious case of Rachmaninoff and his connection to Philip Glass 2023-04-14T04:00:00Z For those with small hand spans, it’s difficult, if not impossible, to properly play many works of Beethoven and Brahms; the works of Rachmaninoff are particularly daunting. Special keyboards at SMU help musicians with small hands 2018-01-01T05:00:00Z The encores were generous in number: first, a lusciously-handled Rachmaninoff Vocalise, then the Waltz from Khachaturian's "Masquerade" played fast and raucously with massive jolts of brash, brassy exuberance. Moscow State Symphony goes big and bold in Northridge – LA Times 2017-11-03T04:00:00Z Music — including favorites like Rachmaninoff’s Prelude in D major — played in her head when she ran, helping her through monotonous stretches of the course. Harriette Thompson, Marathon Record Setter at 91, Dies at 94 2017-10-19T04:00:00Z No one wants to go to an unknown pianist's performance when they can listen to Rachmaninoff play the whole Chopin oeuvre. Jurassic Jaws Jones : Nature : Nature Research 2017-06-27T04:00:00Z It’s upcoming program performed in Ventura, San Marino, L.A. and Santa Barbara includes contemporary works along with an intriguing new arrangement of the slow movement of Rachmaninoff’s Cello Sonata for French horn. Commentary: The curious case of Rachmaninoff and his connection to Philip Glass 2023-04-14T04:00:00Z As he fell asleep, he would listen to his mother play Rachmaninoff’s Piano Prelude No. 6 in E-Flat Major. Daniel Dennett’s Science of the Soul 2017-03-20T04:00:00Z Johnson began playing at age 5 and became a classical pianist, playing the classical music of Beethoven, Rachmaninoff and Tchaikovsky. Ex-judge preparing to become Dallas County’s top prosecutor 2016-12-16T05:00:00Z He learned the subject of the piece only after he performed it Thursday in Manhattan, sprinkled among the Brahms and Rachmaninoff. Duped New York Concert Audience Gives Standing Ovation to North Korean Propaganda 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z He replied, sure, they can put Rachmaninoff's floating head on a fake body, but there's no way they can render an actor acting. Jurassic Jaws Jones : Nature : Nature Research 2017-06-27T04:00:00Z That long, slow, quiet score may not sound at all like Rachmaninoff. Commentary: The curious case of Rachmaninoff and his connection to Philip Glass 2023-04-14T04:00:00Z Lyndsey told me that she considered becoming a professional pianist, but knew that she would never practice the necessary hours, and that in any event her hands were too small to play Rachmaninoff. A Decade Lived in the Dark 2016-09-19T04:00:00Z She went on, “With Rachmaninoff, Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky I can blow them away. ‘So amazing, so impressive!’ Yuja Wang and the Art of Performance 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z Sejoon Park As part of the Steinway Series, the pianist performs works by Rachmaninoff, Scriabin and Mussorgsky. Going Out Guide for the District of Columbia, Aug. 11-17, 2016 2016-08-09T04:00:00Z Nicknamed “The Cat in the Hat” for his taste in fedoras, Mr. Jighere, 33 years old, is Nigeria’s Rachmaninoff of rack management. For World’s Newest Scrabble Stars, SHORT Tops SHORTER 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z But asking an All Black about his thought processes when executing a skill is like asking a pianist how he is able to play an arpeggio in the middle of a Rachmaninoff concerto. Six Nations 2016: Why teams lag behind southern hemisphere sides 2016-02-02T05:00:00Z Bryan Pinkall, assistant professor of music, and the Kansas City Chorale were nominated in the categories of Best Choral Performance and Best Engineered Album for their album “Rachmaninoff: All-Night Vigil.” Kansas State professor’s performance nominated for Grammys 2016-01-24T05:00:00Z I used to only play pieces I was comfortable with and good at, Rachmaninoff, Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky. Yuja Wang and the Art of Performance 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z It was mostly classical music: Rachmaninoff, Handel, some Mozart. Polymorphing pop: a conversation with Chairlift 2016-01-18T05:00:00Z But Mr. Bax volunteered a note of caution, at least on the Rachmaninoff. Chamber Music Society Aims to Expand Its Reach 2016-01-15T05:00:00Z Everything she says resonates precisely with what many of us feel when we're intoxicated by Rachmaninoff's music. Why Sergei Rachmaninoff continues to enthral - BBC News 2015-12-29T05:00:00Z Pianists Bradley Hull and Carol Ann Aicher will perform solo and duo piano works by Gershwin, Chopin, Rossini, Rachmaninoff, Poulenc and others, and provide commentary on the works and composers. Religion events from around the Washington area 2015-10-09T04:00:00Z “There is no separating Sergei Rachmaninoff from Russia,” she said. Family Balks at Talk by Russia to Move Rachmaninoff’s Remains 2015-09-06T04:00:00Z “The greatest of the Russian geniuses, Sergei Rachmaninoff, has been portrayed in an utterly wrong way in the West recently,” said the minister. The Dearly Departed Return to Russia 2015-08-21T04:00:00Z Then it’s like, no, Rachmaninoff is my jam. Peaches: ‘My video is not porn. It’s an incredible piece of work’ 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z Cue a continuing compositional catatonia for Rachmaninoff, a silence that was only broken after many sessions of hypnotherapy. Why Sergei Rachmaninoff continues to enthral - BBC News 2015-12-29T05:00:00Z Pasternak had seen the thuggish bureaucrats at the Union of Soviet Composers ban the subversive cadences of Igor Stravinsky and of Sergei Rachmaninoff, who fled for Helsinki on an open sled in 1917. What Vladimir Putin Could Learn From 'Doctor Zhivago' 2015-04-19T04:00:00Z Rachmaninoff is one of the cemetery’s most-visited graves, perhaps the most visited. Family Balks at Talk by Russia to Move Rachmaninoff’s Remains 2015-09-06T04:00:00Z “Americans have the gall to privatize Rachmaninoff’s name,” he said, explaining that the composer, who left Russia in 1917, at the age of forty-four, is considered by Americans to be an American. The Dearly Departed Return to Russia 2015-08-21T04:00:00Z Renée Fleming Washington Performing Arts presents the soprano, who performed the national anthem at the 2014 Super Bowl, in a program of works by Schumann, Rachmaninoff, Strauss and others. Going Out Guide 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z The Joy of Rachmaninoff's journey to discover the answer to these questions takes us to the places in Russia, where he was born in 1873, that meant the most to him. Why Sergei Rachmaninoff continues to enthral - BBC News 2015-12-29T05:00:00Z The Richardson Chamber Players present “Russian Treasures,” with works by Rachmaninoff, Medtner and others. Events in New Jersey for Oct. 12-18, 2014 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z And Ms. Wanamaker said that Rachmaninoff, great as he was, was not the only one to think about. Family Balks at Talk by Russia to Move Rachmaninoff’s Remains 2015-09-06T04:00:00Z Even more uncommon are brain injuries sustained at concerts featuring the music of Mozart, Mahler or even Rachmaninoff. Heavy Metal Headbanging Rare Risk Revealed 2014-07-14T04:00:00Z A pianist filled Fisht Olympic Stadium with Rachmaninoff as dozens of grand pianos floated around the stage. Sports of The Times: Olympic Closing Ceremony Proves Russia a Worthy Host 2014-02-24T01:31:29Z Three hundred miles from Moscow lies Ivanovka, the country estate Rachmaninoff inherited, where he farmed the land and found the communion with nature he needed for his compositional creativity. Why Sergei Rachmaninoff continues to enthral - BBC News 2015-12-29T05:00:00Z Park So-Youn of South Korea will skate to “Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini” by Rachmaninoff. Sports: Women’s Figure Skating Live Updates 2014-02-20T16:31:25Z Its name was a combination of the first two letters of his first name; the first two letters of his wife’s first name, Natalie; and a final R, for Rachmaninoff. Family Balks at Talk by Russia to Move Rachmaninoff’s Remains 2015-09-06T04:00:00Z The Washington Metropolitan Philharmonic will perform Rachmaninoff’s Symphony No. 1, Ron Nelson’s “Savannah River Holiday,” and Stanley Curtis’s “Night Passages,” a concerto for flugelhorn, trumpet and piccolo trumpet, with soloist Stanley Curtis. Religion events in the D.C. area 2014-02-08T03:33:13Z Steinway's pianos have been used by legendary artists such as Cole Porter and Sergei Rachmaninoff and by contemporary ones like Chinese concert pianist Lang Lang. REFILE-Kohlberg refuses to match rival $477 mln bid for Steinway 2013-08-13T17:11:06Z At the end of 1917, Rachmaninoff escaped revolutionary Russia - and he never returned. Why Sergei Rachmaninoff continues to enthral - BBC News 2015-12-29T05:00:00Z “Symphonic Dances,” Rachmaninoff’s final composition, filled the air, lovely to hear. An Ageless Music Man and His Makeshift Ensemble 2013-07-12T22:00:13Z “Americans are presumptuously privatizing the name of Rachmaninoff.” Family Balks at Talk by Russia to Move Rachmaninoff’s Remains 2015-09-06T04:00:00Z In the late 1960s, he made unreleased recordings of Rachmaninoff with the New York Philharmonic and Khachaturian with the Minneapolis Symphony. Donald Shirley, Pianist and Composer, Dies at 86 2013-04-29T02:57:12Z I loaned him a box set of Rachmaninoff that he took home with him that night. Apple Loop: Investor Says Show Us The Money, The Case For An iPhablet, iWatch, Classical Music Picks 2013-02-09T02:07:09Z That's true, and Rachmaninoff's music is, in part, an incredibly powerful catharsis of those feelings of melancholy that we all experience. Why Sergei Rachmaninoff continues to enthral - BBC News 2015-12-29T05:00:00Z The company's pianos have been used by legendary artists like Cole Porter and Sergei Rachmaninoff and by contemporary ones like Chinese concert pianist Lang Lang. UPDATE 1-Steinway Instruments takes down 'for sale' sign 2012-12-26T23:45:31Z “If you look at American sources, you’ll see that Sergei Rachmaninoff is a great American composer of Russian descent,” he said. Family Balks at Talk by Russia to Move Rachmaninoff’s Remains 2015-09-06T04:00:00Z After working their way through Rachmaninoff’s Concerto No. 3, Rachmaninoff is said to have declared, “That’s the way it should be played.” Future Is Uncertain for Steinway’s Ornate Home for Pianos 2012-12-07T18:51:03Z It’s a great opportunity for the community to experience classical music, and this season they’ll present works by everyone from Mahler to Rachmaninoff. A Perfect Day in Miami 2012-11-23T03:45:00Z Exiled in France, Switzerland and America, where he died in 1943, Rachmaninoff spent the last quarter-century of his life devoting himself to a career as a concert pianist. Why Sergei Rachmaninoff continues to enthral - BBC News 2015-12-29T05:00:00Z A naturalized French citizen, he was a Romantic specialist, most closely associated with Schumann, Chopin and perhaps especially Rachmaninoff, whose percussive pyrotechnics suited him. Alexis Weissenberg, Pianist of Fire and Ice, Dies at 82 2012-01-10T03:59:12Z Rachmaninoff was buried here, in a town with a distinctly Wagnerian name, about 25 miles outside New York City, after his death 72 years ago. Family Balks at Talk by Russia to Move Rachmaninoff’s Remains 2015-09-06T04:00:00Z Rachmaninoff was introduced, so the story goes, to Vladimir Horowitz in the basement in the 1920s. Future Is Uncertain for Steinway’s Ornate Home for Pianos 2012-12-07T18:51:03Z For inspiration, he’s been listening to Rachmaninoff concertos in the car on the way to work. DealBook: Puckering Up, With a Piano Concerto at His Lips 2011-08-18T22:29:31Z Actor Tom Ewell's character uses "good old Rachmaninoff" as a wholly cynical tool of seduction in his erotic reverie, as Monroe succumbs to the music - and then, he dreams, to him. Why Sergei Rachmaninoff continues to enthral - BBC News 2015-12-29T05:00:00Z It draws on Prokofiev, Brahms, Saint-Saëns and, most heavily, Rachmaninoff. | New Haven: An Act of Creation, Laid Bare 2010-08-21T22:22:00Z When you listen to that album now – and those that followed, including Virtual Mozart and, triumphantly, Virtual Rachmaninoff, you are discomfited and surprised in equal measure. 'You pushed the button and out came hundreds and thousands of sonatas' 2010-07-10T23:02:00Z A year ago, the organization, which was founded by Rodgers and Hammerstein, was sold by their estates to the Imagem Music Group, which represents musicians as diverse as Phil Collins, Rachmaninoff and Vampire Weekend. Advertising: For Marketers, Rodgers and Hammerstein are Comfort Food 2010-05-12T05:20:00Z For the “more” of “Mozart and More,” the program will include works by Brahms, Kodaly, Rachmaninoff and Rossini. Long Island Philharmonic Opens With ?Mozart and More? 2010-03-19T22:49:00Z In the course of making BBC Four film The Joy of Rachmaninoff, the production team discovered author Leo Tolstoy was responsible for a catastrophic episode in the young Rachmaninoff's life. Why Sergei Rachmaninoff continues to enthral - BBC News 2015-12-29T05:00:00Z Performing right after Kim’s monumental marks appeared, Asada tried to hold herself together, but her focus began to chip away as each note of Rachmaninoff’s “Bells of Moscow” played. Kim Yu-na Wins Gold in Figure Skating 2010-02-26T06:05:00Z I play with my three cats: Coco Chanel, Rachmaninoff and Tom Wolfe. Sunday Routine | Judy Collins: She Always Cooks With Onions 2010-02-20T00:27:00Z The chief members of this group were Rubinstein and Tchaikowsky, and distinguished pupils of the latter, in particular Rachmaninoff and Glazounoff. Music: An Art and a Language Yet I was able to wring pure joy out of Rachmaninoff’s playing at Carnegie Hall, with a great man making music for music’s sake. The Prairie Child And not just any concert pianist: Rachmaninoff remains for many one of the most astonishing players in the history of recorded sound. Why Sergei Rachmaninoff continues to enthral - BBC News 2015-12-29T05:00:00Z They have not, however, the splendid mould of Rachmaninoff, nor have they his vigorous originality. Great Pianists on Piano Playing Study Talks with Foremost Virtuosos. A Series of Personal Educational Conferences with Renowned Masters of the Keyboard, Presenting the Most Modern Ideas upon the Subjects of Technic, Interpretation, Style and Expression It is as dismal and as overdone as Rachmaninoff's Prelude in C sharp minor. Nights in London In this book, immortal Rachmaninoff describes in detail his success in overcoming a severe case of mental depression. A Practical Guide to Self-Hypnosis Are not the piano-pieces of M. Rachmaninoff the result of a relationship to the instrument that is fast becoming outmoded? Musical Portraits Interpretations of Twenty Modern Composers Although her repertoire includes piano works spanning the last 250 years, Ruth has concentrated largely on Rachmaninoff and Scriabin, a Russian composer of the same era. 100 New Yorkers of the 1970s In order to indicate how carefully and willingly this was done by the pianists it is interesting to note the case of the great Russian composer-virtuoso Rachmaninoff. Great Pianists on Piano Playing Study Talks with Foremost Virtuosos. A Series of Personal Educational Conferences with Renowned Masters of the Keyboard, Presenting the Most Modern Ideas upon the Subjects of Technic, Interpretation, Style and Expression Max hesitated a moment, then resumed his place at the piano, and, after a pause, the three grave notes with which Rachmaninoff's wonderful "Prelude" opens, broke the silence. The Splendid Folly I rank Rachmaninoff very highly, and of course use his Preludes, not only the well-known ones—the C and G minor—but the set of thirteen in one opus number; they are most interesting. Piano Mastery Talks with Master Pianists and Teachers In all the music of M. Rachmaninoff there is something strangely twice-told. Musical Portraits Interpretations of Twenty Modern Composers That year the first of her Rachmaninoff recordings was made, and it won rave reviews. 100 New Yorkers of the 1970s M. Rachmaninoff did not speak English and the writer did not speak Russian. Great Pianists on Piano Playing Study Talks with Foremost Virtuosos. A Series of Personal Educational Conferences with Renowned Masters of the Keyboard, Presenting the Most Modern Ideas upon the Subjects of Technic, Interpretation, Style and Expression Pianist Rachmaninoff told in his New York flat the other day a story about his boyhood. More Toasts The beautiful second concerto of Rachmaninoff has not made a success, even in the great music centers, where the most intelligent audiences have heard it. Piano Mastery Talks with Master Pianists and Teachers And had M. Rachmaninoff instead of being a musician been a painter, would not a like destiny await his compositions? Musical Portraits Interpretations of Twenty Modern Composers Or the composer may go directly to painting, whether actual as in Rachmaninoff's symphonic poem on Böcklin's picture of 'The island of the dead', or visionary as in Debussy's 'La cathédrale engloutie'. Recent Developments in European Thought Why does Rachmaninoff excel as a composer for pianoforte? Great Pianists on Piano Playing Study Talks with Foremost Virtuosos. A Series of Personal Educational Conferences with Renowned Masters of the Keyboard, Presenting the Most Modern Ideas upon the Subjects of Technic, Interpretation, Style and Expression It was a humble wife who followed the busy doctor out to the carriage, and her ambition was not to play Rachmaninoff better, nor to build town halls, but to chuckle at babies. Main Street There is the Rachmaninoff, the MacDowell I mentioned, the D minor of Rubinstein, and the Saint-Saens in G minor. Piano Mastery Talks with Master Pianists and Teachers And so M. Rachmaninoff comes amongst us like a very charming and amiable ghost. Musical Portraits Interpretations of Twenty Modern Composers But whatever he might have fancied she would play, he was all unprepared for Rachmaninoff's sheerly masculine Prelude, which he had heard only men play when decently played. The Little Lady of the Big House In 1891 Rachmaninoff won the great gold medal at the Moscow Conservatory and his work as a composer commenced to attract favorable attention throughout all Europe. Great Pianists on Piano Playing Study Talks with Foremost Virtuosos. A Series of Personal Educational Conferences with Renowned Masters of the Keyboard, Presenting the Most Modern Ideas upon the Subjects of Technic, Interpretation, Style and Expression The first, and most important of these, is that the letter "w" in Russian is pronounced like "v"; the second, that Rachmaninoff has a daughter at Vassar. Perfect Behavior; a guide for ladies and gentlemen in all social crises It was in an interview given at the beginning of his recent American tour that M. Sergei Rachmaninoff styled himself a "musical evolutionist." Musical Portraits Interpretations of Twenty Modern Composers But M. Rachmaninoff has not participated in this change of attitude. Musical Portraits Interpretations of Twenty Modern Composers And the first ringing bars of the Prelude sounded in his ears as again he saw the same hands that had guided the stallion lift the piano to all Rachmaninoff's pure splendor of sound. The Little Lady of the Big House Nevertheless, M. Rachmaninoff cannot quite be included in their company. Musical Portraits Interpretations of Twenty Modern Composers Doubtless, M. Rachmaninoff is an accomplished and charming workman. Musical Portraits Interpretations of Twenty Modern Composers Nevertheless, there was significance in M. Rachmaninoff's use of it. Musical Portraits Interpretations of Twenty Modern Composers One of the curious things about M. Rachmaninoff's season is the fact that it has not only brought him into prominence amongst us, but that it has brought into relief other composers through him. Musical Portraits Interpretations of Twenty Modern Composers Nor is the music of M. Rachmaninoff ever quite completely new-minted. Musical Portraits Interpretations of Twenty Modern Composers Many of the melodies of M. Rachmaninoff have a Mendelssohnian cast, for all their Russian sheen. Musical Portraits Interpretations of Twenty Modern Composers |
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