Seattle Festival Orchestra: Mendelssohn & Rachmaninoff
$10-$20
Sergei Rachmaninoff — Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27
Wesley Schulz, conductor
Rick Rowley, piano
Mendelssohn – Piano Concerto No. 1 in G minor
Rachmaninoff – Symphony No. 2 in E minor
Seattle Festival Orchestra starts its season with a bang with Mendelssohn’s brilliant Piano Concerto No. 1. Written when Mendelssohn was just 21 years old, this work soon became one of his most popular pieces. The concerto is in three connected movements and is filled with tuneful melodies and dazzling piano virtuosity.
Rachmaninoff’s Symphony No. 2 takes up the second half of the program. With the spectacular failure of his First Symphony it is a wonder that the Second was ever written. After battling depression and self-doubt, however, the composer emerged with a work that proved his immense talent. Composed on an epic scale, the Second Symphony displays Rachmaninoff’s mastery of form, melody, and orchestral color.
Admission: $20 ($10 student/senior)
Please note our new Seattle concert location and time for this season: 3:00pm at Plymouth Congregational Church in Downtown Seattle.
About Seattle Festival Orchestra
Seattle Festival Orchestra is an all-volunteer community orchestra that presents concerts to delight and engage a 21st-century audience. With diverse programming, SFO creates space for its audience to experience the catharsis of the wide range of emotions available in orchestra music, to feel with our musicians the joy, sorrow, wonder, and ecstasy of our art.
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