Thursday 12th April 2018
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
From £14 (inc. booking fees); £5.50 student offer available
Concert begins at 7.30pm
Approximate finishing time 9.30pm
Rachmaninov - Piano Concerto No.3
Ravel - Valses nobles et sentimentales
John Adams - Harmonium
Conductor
Nicolas Collon
Featuring:
Boris Giltburg, piano
Choir:
Hallé Choir
The great American composer John Adams has long been associated with the Hallé. For what is effectively a choral symphony, Harmonium, he set poetry by John Donne and Emily Dickinson, texts that suited his vision of ‘human voices riding upon waves of rippling sound’. One of the first of Adams’ mature masterpieces, it is a remarkable experience. So too is Rachmaninov’s Third Piano Concerto, a triumph of the Romantic piano repertoire. The soloist is Boris Giltburg, described by Gramophone as ‘a truly memorable Rachmaninov interpreter’. After the concerto, Nicholas Collon directs Ravel’s delightful suite of waltzes, Valses nobles et sentimentales, all of them orchestrated in the French composer’s inimitable style.
Post-Concert CD Signing
Boris Giltburg will be signing copies of his CDs in the stalls foyer after the end of the concert. His CDs will be available to purchase in The Bridgewater Hall shop before the performance and during the interval.
(Image credits: Jim Hinson; Sasha Gosov; The Hallé)
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