Overview
Rachmaninoff Symphony No. 3
Andrew Litton, conductor
Denis Kozhukhin, piano
KABALEVSKY Overture to Colas Breugnon, Op. 24
PROKOFIEV Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 16
RACHMANINOFF Symphony No. 3 in a minor, Op. 44
Colorado Symphony Music Director Andrew Litton conducts the orchestra through a program of Russian compositions that veer from soaring to subtle. After the overture to Dmitry Kabalevsky's opera, Colas Breugnon, pianist sensation Denis Kozhukhin tackles Sergei Prokofiev's formidable Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, a piece that rattled audiences with its modernist intensity over a century ago. The orchestra finishes with Sergei Rachmaninoff's Symphony No. 3, an inventive piece that juxtaposes delicate beauty with towering grandeur.
