Ward De Jonghe °1990
SOV Composers' Academy ~ Creation
Sergej Rachmaninov 1873–1943
Concerto for piano no. 2 in c, Op. 18
Igor Stravinsky 1882–1971
Petrushka (version 1947)
duration concert → 1h 40min
including 20min intermission
A true dream for every conductor: Stravinsky’s Petrushka combines so many bright colours and bouncing sounds, the baton almost dances on its own. Rachmaninoff wrote his famous second piano concerto after a period of major depression. Fortunately, the hypnotherapist Nikolaj Dahl helped him climb out of that dark pit. The Russian-Lithuanian pianist Lukas Geniušas feels perfectly Rachmaninoff’s virtuoso melancholy.
