Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Rachmaninoff Celebration

A supreme virtuoso pianist and composer, Sergei Rachmaninoff stole the hearts of listeners worldwide with his swaying melodies, lush orchestration, technical skill, and “singing” tone. He emerged as one of the last great Russian composers of Romantic classical music.

In tribute to the legacy of one of the biggest names in sweeping piano music, Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center artists will mark the 150^th anniversary of the Russian musician’s birth with Rachmaninoff Celebration.

Soprano Erika Baikoff, pianist Gilles Vonsattel, violinist Benjamin Beilman, and cellist Clive Greensmith will trace the lineage of his performance style by playing some of Rachmaninoff’s most dramatic compositions, as well as works written by his mentors and influencers, including:

• Anton Rubinstein, “Romance” from 6 Soirées à Saint-Petersbourg arranged for piano, violin, and cello, Op. 44, No. 1 (1860)
• Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, “Souvenir d’un lieu cher (Memory of a Dear Place)” for Violin and Piano, Op. 42 (1878)
• Mily Balakirev, “Song of the Goldfish” for Voice and Piano (1860)
• Modest Mussorgsky, “Where Are You, Dear Star?” for Voice and Piano (1857)
• Sergei Rachmaninoff: “Arion” for Voice and Piano, Op. 34, No. 5 (1912)
• Mikhail Glinka, “The Lark” for Voice and Piano (1840)
• Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, “Does Not the Wind Blow” for Voice and Piano, Op. 43, No. 2 (1897)
• Rachmaninoff, “These Summer Nights” for Voice and Piano, Op. 14, No. 5 (1896)
• Rachmaninoff, Trio élégiaque in D minor for Piano, Violin, and Cello, Op. 9 (1893)

Pianist Vonsattel performed at Penn State in 2018 with Escher String Quartet.