Renée Fleming and Rachmaninoff

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Renée Fleming and Rachmaninoff

January 10-11, 2020

Program and Description

FRIDAY PROGRAM

L. BOULANGER: Of a Spring Morning
RACHMANINOFF: Piano Concerto No. 2
HOLMÈS: La Nuit et l'Amour
R. STRAUSS: Four Last Songs

SATURDAY PROGRAM

L. BOULANGER: Of a Spring Morning
STRAUSS: Liebeshymnus
STRAUSS: Morgen
STRAUSS: Cäecilie
RACHMANINOFF: Piano Concerto No. 2
Additional works from Broadway and Film

What’s interesting about this concert:

• Nominated for 17 Grammy awards, Fleming is one of the most celebrated singers of our time.
• Strauss wrote these songs for his wife Pauline. Though they had a tumultuous relationship—she once threw a score at him in rehearsal—she remained his constant muse.
• Rachmaninoff underwent hypnosis to overcome crippling anxiety and depression. “You will begin your concerto…it will be excellent,” was his mantra.

This concert is part of Series 2.

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