PROGRAMME:
R. Strauss: Don Juan
Bryce Dessner: Concerto for Two Pianos (New York Premiere)
Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances
PERORMERS:
Katia and Marielle Labèque, pianos
New York Philharmonic
Semyon Bychkov, conductor
VENUE NOTE:
The virtuosity of the NY Phil musicians is on display in Richard Strauss’s tone poem depicting the (in)famous libertine, Don Juan, and in Rachmaninoff’s beloved suite of orchestral dances. At the center of the program is Bryce Dessner’s exuberant Concerto for Two Pianos, composed for and performed here by Katia and Marielle Labèque. Semyon Bychkov conducts.