Beethoven and Rachmaninoff

Thursday
May 14, 2009, 7:00 p.m.- Laura Turner Concert Hall

Friday
May 15, 2009, 8:00 p.m.- Laura Turner Concert Hall

Saturday
May 16, 2009, 8:00 p.m.- Laura Turner Concert Hall

Nashville Symphony
Hugh Wolff, conductor
Horacio Gutiérrez, piano

Steven Mackey -  Turn the Key
Beethoven  -  Concerto for Piano No. 4 in G major, Op. 58
Rachmaninoff  -  Symphonic Dances, Op. 45

Rachmaninoff's last complete work, Symphonic Dances, bristles with rhythmic energy and abounds in lush melodies. Horacio Gutiérrez returns to play Beethoven's most tender and intimate piano concerto. With small passages for solo harp and big moments with the whole orchestra, composer and rock guitarist Steven Mackey's Turn the Key showcases the excellent acoustics of Schermerhorn Symphony Center.

Read the Program Notes (PDF)

Interesting Fact:
> Composer Stephen Mackey is a professor of music at Princenton University, however, his first musical passion was playing the electric guitar in various rock bands in Northern California.