RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 30 PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 5 in B-Flat Major, Op. 100 Encore:GRANADOSOriental from Danzas españolas
The Mercury Orchestra, national winner of the 2010 American Prize in Orchestral Performance, contrasts two powerful masterpieces. Rachmaninoff’s beloved Third Piano Concerto is a remarkable Romantic era synthesis of musical elements in one of the most technically demanding piano concertos ever written. Prokofiev intended his magnificent Fifth Symphony as “a hymn to free and happy Man, to his mighty powers, his pure and noble spirit.”
The concert will feature Jialin Yao, winner of the 2024 Fou Ts’ong International Concerto Competition, sponsored by the Foundation for Chinese Performing Arts.
