Kirill Gerstein plays Rachmaninoff and Strauss
Alan Gilbert conducts Nielsen’s Fifth Symphony
The Concertgebouworkest had a very special bond with Richard Strauss.
Concert programme
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Carl Nielsen
Helios-Ouvertüre
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Richard Strauss
Burleske for piano and orchestra
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Serge Rachmaninoff
Rhapsodie on a theme of Paganini
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Carl Nielsen
Symphony nr. 5
Performers
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Alan Gilbert
conductor
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Kirill Gerstein
piano
About this concert
Kirill Gerstein is performing as soloist in Richard Strauss’s Burleske and Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini. The Concertgebouworkest forged close ties early on with Strauss, who led the orchestra in his own works many times in Amsterdam. His Burleske is a miniature piano concerto. This early homage to Brahms was a great success when it was premiered.
Serge Rachmaninoff performed multiple times as pianist with the Concertgebouworkest. He made a comeback as a composer with his Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, demonstrating that Russian romanticism was still very much alive and well in 1934.
Nielsen’s early overture Helios is a cheerful piece, while the poignant Fifth Symphony bears all the traces of the marital crisis in which he then found himself. Both works are still very compelling today.
Dates and tickets
About this concert
Kirill Gerstein is performing as soloist in Richard Strauss’s Burleske and Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini. The Concertgebouworkest forged close ties early on with Strauss, who led the orchestra in his own works many times in Amsterdam. His Burleske is a miniature piano concerto. This early homage to Brahms was a great success when it was premiered.
Serge Rachmaninoff performed multiple times as pianist with the Concertgebouworkest. He made a comeback as a composer with his Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, demonstrating that Russian romanticism was still very much alive and well in 1934.
Nielsen’s early overture Helios is a cheerful piece, while the poignant Fifth Symphony bears all the traces of the marital crisis in which he then found himself. Both works are still very compelling today.