RSNO: Sondergard Conducts Rachmaninov

CARLIJN METSELAAR Into the Living Mountain (RSNO Composers’ Hub winner 2019:20) SHOSTAKOVICH Cello Concerto No1 RACHMANINOV Symphony No2 Thomas Søndergård Conductor Aleksei Kiseliov Cello Royal Scottish National Orchestra

Could Rachmaninov’s Second be the most romantic symphony ever written? With its vast, storm-swept vistas, endless melodies and rapturous love-song of a slow movement, it’s definitely a contender. Thomas Søndergård conducts it with unbridled emotion – the climax of a concert that begins amid two very different musical landscapes. Carlijn Metselaar evokes a classic of Scottish literature, while Shostakovich’s First Cello Concerto is a dark, edgy Cold War thriller, performed today by the RSNO’s own Aleksei Kiseliov.

Supported by the Ambache Charitable Trust, which raises the profile of music by women. RSNO Composers’ Hub 2019:20 was supported by RSNO New Works Patron, Susie Thomson.

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SCO: Grosvenor Plays Liszt SCO: Maxim’s Mozart RSNO: Sondergard Conducts Rachmaninov RSNO: Nicola Benedetti Plays Simpson