Artists

Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor
Valentina Lisitsa, piano

Program

Osvaldo Golijov: Sidereus (PSO co-commission)
Edvard Grieg: Piano Concerto
Maurice Ravel: Rapsodie Espagnole
Edward Elgar: In the South, “Alassio”

About This Performance

“Valentina Lisitsa combines an imperious sweep with aristocratic poise and sensitivity”
–Music Web International

Ukrainian-born pianist and YouTube phenom Valentina Lisitsa performs Grieg’s much-loved Piano Concerto. The second half of the program features a musical trip to the Mediterranean. One of Ravel’s first works for orchestra, Rapsodie Espagnole, was inspired by the Spanish folk tunes sung by his mother when Ravel was a child. Alassio is a town on the Italian Riviera where Elgar and his family vacationed and is the inspiration for In the South. Elgar depicts the awe-inspiring landscape in this concert overture.

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