Rachmaninoff ’ s First Piano Concerto & Stravinsky
JOSEPH MEYERHOFF SYMPHONY HALL
Thursday , February 13 , 2025 at 7:30 pm Saturday , February 15 , 2025 at 7:30 pm
THE MUSIC CENTER AT STRATHMORE
Sunday , Feburary 16 , 2025 at 3 pm
Cristian Măcelaru
Sorin Popa
Cristian Măcelaru , conductor Simon Trpčeski , piano
Jessie Montgomery Snapshots ( BSO co-commission ) I . II . III . IV .
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Igor Stravinsky
Piano Concerto No . 1 in F-sharp minor I . Vivace II . Andante III . Allegro vivace
Simon Trpčeski , piano
INTERMISSION
Symphony in C I . Moderato alla breve II . Larghetto concertante III . Allegretto IV . Largo - Tempo giusto
Georges Enescu Romanian Rhapsody No . 1
This performance is approximately 1 hour , 45 minutes and includes a 20-minute intermission .
Commissioning support for Jessie Montgomery ’ s Snapshots is provided in part by The Rothschild Foundation Fund for New Music .
Cristian Măcelaru
GRAMMY ® Award-winning conductor Cristian Măcelaru is the Music Director Designate of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra , Artistic Director of the George Enescu Festival and Competition , Music Director of the Orchestre National de France , Artistic Director and Principal Conductor of the Interlochen Center for the Arts ’ World Youth Symphony Orchestra , Music Director and Conductor of the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music and Chief Conductor of the WDR Sinfonieorchester in Cologne .
Măcelaru recently appeared at the Paris 2024 Olympics Opening Ceremony which was broadcast to 1.5 billion viewers worldwide . He led the Orchestre National de France and Chœur de Radio France in the performance of the Olympic Anthem as the Olympic Flag was raised beneath the Eiffel Tower . Măcelaru and the Orchestre National de France continue their 2024 – 25 season in tours throughout France , Germany , South Korea and China . Guest appearances include his debuts with the Oslo Philharmonic and RAI National Symphony Orchestra in Turin as well as returns with the Wiener Symphoniker , Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra , Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra , Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin and Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich in Europe . In North America , Măcelaru leads the Pittsburgh Symphony , Baltimore Symphony , Minnesota Orchestra , and St . Louis Symphony Orchestra .
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