Lise de la Salle Plays Rachmaninoff

01/31/2013 20:00, Walt Disney Concert Hall

Lise de la Salle Plays Rachmaninoff
Jan 31-Feb 2 at 8pm
Walt Disney Concert Hall

When Sergei Rachmaninoff and his family left Russia and its Revolution in 1917, he was famous as a composer, conductor, and pianist. Boston and Cincinnati promptly offered him the music directorships of their orchestras, but Rachmaninoff committed himself to the career of a traveling virtuoso to support his family, and composed almost nothing for nearly a decade. The Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini, composed after his four piano concertos, quickly became one of Rachmaninoff’s most popular pieces, as a performing vehicle for himself and as a treasure trove of great tunes, particularly the inspired inversion of Paganini’s theme in the luscious 18th variation.

Artists
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Gianandrea Noseda, conductor
Lise de la Salle, piano

Program
Rachmaninoff: Isle of the Dead * Except Friday
Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 3

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