The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center: Rachmaninoff: The Pianist Tickets

Sergei Rachmaninoff was a leading exponent of the virtuoso pianist tradition, showcased in this program spanning nearly two centuries of keyboard mastery. Rachmaninoff himself gets the last word, with his blockbuster Second Suite, a stunning composition of orchestral texture and operatic drama.

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Sonata in D major for Two Pianos, K. 448 (1781) • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - The Nutcracker Suite for Two Pianos (arr. Economou) (1892, arr. 1988) • Claude Debussy - En Blanc et Noir for Two Pianos (1915) • William Bolcom - “The Serpent’s Kiss” from The Garden of Eden Suite for Two Pianos (1974) • Sergei Rachmaninoff - Suite No. 2 in C minor for Two Pianos, Op. 17 (1901)

Inon Barnatan, Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, Alessio Bax, Wu Han, piano