KLUXEN & MIN – RACHMANINOFF & SHOSTAKOVICH

CHRISTIAN KLUXEN, conductor
LORRAINE MIN, piano

Britten: Canadian Carnival
Rachmoninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 1 in F minor

A hometown favourite, the globe-trotting pianist Lorraine Min is featured in one of Rachmaninoff’s most challenging and best loved works. This concert is sure to delight, especially listening to the sublime Variation 18! Shostakovich and Britten were near contemporaries, and equally precocious. Jaunty fiddle tunes from Quebec inspired Britten, while the Symphony No. 1 was Shostakovich’s graduation project from the Leningrad Conservatory. It brought him instant international fame.