Rachmaninoff Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini

July 17, 2024, 6:30 pm

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Clayton Stephenson, piano
Clayton Stephenson, piano

It’s an evening of tributes, with brilliant composers borrowing tunes by other brilliant composers to cast a spell of musical delights. Guest conductor Eric Jacobsen returns after acclaimed appearances in 2023 to lead the Grant Park Orchestra in one of the all-time greatest hits of the piano world: Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, featuring the exciting rising-star virtuoso Clayton Stephenson. The concert opens with Ravel’s tribute to the French Baroque, Le tombeau de Couperin, and closes with Paul Hindemith’s barn-burning homage to Weber.

Description via Grant Park Music Festival.

Playlist

Maurice Ravel: Le tombeau de Couperin
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Paul Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphosis on Themes of Carl Maria von Weber