James Gaffigan & Seong-Jin Cho
Thursday
3
November 2022
8:00 pm
Munich, Gasteig HP8, Isarphilharmonie
Subscription A
Friday
4
November 2022
8:00 pm
Munich, Gasteig HP8, Isarphilharmonie
Subscription A
Programme
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Minor, op. 30
Interval
Richard Strauss
“Also sprach Zarathustra”, Op. 30, TrV 176
Performers
James Gaffigan
conductor
Seong-Jin Cho
piano
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Information about the programme
“Rach 3”: thus the name often lovingly bestowed on Rachmaninoff’s Third Piano Concerto. Composed in 1909 for his first American tour, it has always languished somewhat in the shadow of his popular Second Piano Concerto. Yet this very fact reflects its special charisma: it is the longest of Rachmaninoff’s four concertos, is said to contain the greatest number of piano notes per second, and poses the greatest challenges to the soloist’s technique. But its virtuosity is not superficial and bombastic; time and again it is pervaded by gentle hues. The BRSO is delighted to rejoin the Korean pianist Seong-Jin Cho, who stepped in for Lang Lang at a benefit concert in 2018 and has long numbered among the world’s élite.
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