ESTER MÄGI Bukoolika (Bucolic) TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 23 (Second Edition, 1879) RACHMANINOFF Symphony No. 3
The Mercury Orchestra presents a concert of vividly colorful and expressive masterpieces. Ester Mägi, dubbed the “First Lady” of Estonian music, evokes the distant past in the spare beauty of her work entitled Bucolic. Piotr Tchaikovsky’s immediately recognizable first piano concerto will be presented in its rarely performed Second Edition, the last version containing Tchaikovsky's revisions—the commonly heard Third Edition was revised by others and published after his death. Rachmaninoff’s Third Symphony combines plaintive melodies with vigorous dance rhythms and was the composer's favorite of his symphonies.
The concert will feature pianist Che Li, winner of the 2023 Fou Ts’ong International Concerto Competition, sponsored by the Foundation for Chinese Performing Arts.
Running time: Approximately 1 hour 50 minutes, with intermission