ChamberFest West Presents: Rachmaninoff- Two Pianos

Roman Rabinovich and Orion Weiss are back together for an evening of Rachmaninoff's Suites for Two Pianos. If you have never heard these pieces live, it is something else: two grand pianos in full conversation, filling the room with a sound one piano alone simply cannot make. 

Sergei Rachmaninoff wrote two masterpieces for two pianos: Suite No. 1, Op. 5 ("Fantaisie-Tableaux") composed in 1893, and Suite No. 2, Op. 17 composed in 1901. Together, they track his meteoric early rise, a subsequent deep psychological collapse, and his triumphant creative rebirth.

These are works of real passion and power, and they demand two musicians who think and breathe as one. Roman and Orion have that, and we cannot wait to share it with you. 

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Rachmaninoff: Suite No. 2 for Two Pianos, Op. 17 I. Introduction : Alla marcia Roman Rabinovich and Orion Weiss, pianos

https://youtu.be/gBvu7qy-z6o?si=QJ0Cev6OFGQ24psM

Rachmaninoff: Suite No. 2 for Two Pianos, Op. 17 IV. Tarantella: Presto Roman Rabinovich and Orion Weiss, pianos

https://youtu.be/ep7wY_pqtyE?si=ZGrxX1l2JC_fLbV7

Program: 

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873–1943)
Suite No. 1 for Two Pianos, Op. 5, “Fantaisie-tableaux”
1. Barcarolle: Allegretto
2. La nuit… L’amour…: Adagio sostenuto
3. Les Larmes: Largo di molto
4. Pâques: Allegro maestoso
Suite No. 2 for Two Pianos, Op. 17
1. Introduction: Alla marcia
2. Valse: Presto
3. Romance: Andantino
4. Tarantelle: Presto
Intermission
Symphonic Dances, Op. 45
Version for two pianos
1. Non allegro
2. Andante con moto (Tempo di valse)
3. Lento assai – Allegro vivace – Lento assai, come prima – Allegro
vivace