Georgijs OSOKINS – piano
Conductor Kristiina Poska
Programme:
Serge RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto no. 3
Carl NIELSEN Symphony no. 4
Serge Rachmaninoff’s Third Piano Concerto stands as one of the most demanding pieces in the piano repertoire, and as one of the greatest pianists of his time, the composer himself took to the instrument in New York at the end of 1909 to perform his new composition. On the evening of 24 November, the Great Guild will host the brilliant contemporary pianist and audience favourite Georgijs Osokins to perform a reading of the opus with the Latvian National Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Kristiina Poska. Meanwhile, the score of the Fourth Symphony by the Danish classic Carl Nielsen is adorned with the inscription: “Music is Life, and like it, it is inextinguishable.” Composed amidst the turmoil of the First World War, the symphony is an affirmation of the will to live, presented in rich symphonic music language of late Romanticism.