Yannick Nézet-Séguin, pianist Daniil Trifonov, and The Philadelphia Orchestra: It's a dream team of Rachmaninoff specialists. Listen to this re-broadcast on Thursday, May 14th at 7 PM on WRTI HD-2 and Friday, May 15th at 1 PM on WRTI 90.1.
Following the Grammy-nominated Deutsche Grammophon recording Rachmaninoff Variations and Trifonov's critically acclaimed subscription debut performing the Piano Concerto No. 4, the young Russian superstar—Gramophone magazine's musican of the year in 2016—returned to perform and record live the composer's gorgeous and popular masterpiece, the Concerto No. 2. It was paired with Bartók's most famous work, which gives each section of the orchestra a turn in the spotlight.
Program:
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2
INTERMISSION
Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor
Daniil Trifonov, piano
Gregg Whiteside is producer and host of The Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert broadcasts, every Sunday at 1 pm on WRTI 90.1, streaming online at WRTI.org, and on the WRTI mobile app! Listen again on Mondays at 7 pm on WRTI HD-2.
And now until June, 2020: Listen to a weekly schedule of re-broadcasts of additional archival Philadelphia Orchestra concerts. Each program airs Thursday at 7 PM on WRTI HD-2 and streaming online, and again on Friday at 1 PM on WRTI 90.1, and our classical stream.
