Festival Orchestra: Bartók & Rachmaninoff

Juraj Valčuha, conductor
Anna Geniushene, piano

Melody Eötvös: Pyramidion (US Premiere)
Bartók: Suite from The Miraculous Mandarin
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2

Houston Symphony Music Director Juraj Valčuha makes his GTMF debut on a program that features the return of Van Cliburn silver medalist Anna Geniushene. They will collaborate on Rachmaninoff’s 2nd Piano Concerto, a work so melodically rich that Frank Sinatra stole from it. Bartók’s provocative Miraculous Mandarin Suite and a US premiere round out the concert.

Tickets $40/$85; Children & Students $5

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Join us for a pre-concert talk at 5 PM with Dr. Michael Griffith, University of Wyoming, Director of Orchestral Activities, in the Barbara Furrer Goodman Memorial Garden near Walk Festival Hall’s north entrance. Talks are sponsored by the Goodman Family Foundation, in memory of Roy and Barbara Goodman.