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WPO pairs works by two of the greatest Russian pianist-composers: the virtuoso Sergei Rachmaninov and the visionary Alexander Scriabin. Rachmaninov’s enduringly popular Piano Concerto No. 2 will be played on this occasion by Coulsdon and Purley Festival winner Ryan Sheng, himself a young virtuoso pianist of astonishing talent. Scriabin’s Symphony No. 2 is both a grand statement within the broader late Romantic century symphonic tradition, and a prophetic hint at things to come in this composer’s highly individual orchestral writing, inspired by his mystic-philosophical worldview.
Parry’s Symphonic Variations open the programme. They remain one of his most popular works and a fine example of the various forms.
Programme:
Parry: Symphonic Variations
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2
Scriabin: Symphony No. 2
Ryan Sheng, Piano Soloist
Dominic Grier, Conductor
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Event venue
The Assembly Hall, Stoke Abbott Road,Worthing, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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