Rachmaninoff’s pianistic virtuosity was legendary, a fact he made markedly obvious in his Piano Concerto no. 3, in which rising star Marie-Ange Nguci will make her OSM debut. Drawing on Irish, Scottish, and English folklore, Amy Beach’s Gaelic Symphony celebrates an array of diverse cultural legacies in the United States, and with this sumptuously orchestrated work she established herself as a composer of stature.
Sergei RACHMANINOFF, Piano Concerto no. 3 in D minor, op. 30 (39 min.)
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Amy BEACH, Symphony in E minor, op. 32, “Gaelic” (41 min.)
