Rhode Island Philharmonic launches 2015-16 season

Posted 9/17/15

On Saturday, September 26, Music Director Larry Rachleff and the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra welcome Lilya Zilberstein to The VETS for a performance of Tchaikovsky’s First Piano Concerto. …

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Rhode Island Philharmonic launches 2015-16 season

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On Saturday, September 26, Music Director Larry Rachleff and the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra welcome Lilya Zilberstein to The VETS for a performance of Tchaikovsky’s First Piano Concerto. The concert program also features Mussorgsky’s Dawn on the Moskva River and Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring, which caused a riot at its 1913 Paris premiere. Concert sponsors are Lisa Bisaccia & Robert Naparstek and Almon & Suzanne Hall. Tickets (starting at $15) are available at tickets.riphil.org, and the RIPHIL box office at 248-7000.

An Open Dress Rehearsal takes place Friday, Sept. 25 at 5:30 p.m. Music Director Larry Rachleff collaborates with the orchestra and guest artists to put the finishing touches on the program for Saturday’s Classical concert. A microphone onstage lets the audience listen in on the comments and direction happening up front.

“Our 71st season opens with an all-Russian concert, featuring three great works,” says Rachleff. “You’ll hear Stravinsky’s hair-raising Rite of Spring, which caused such a scandal at its ballet premiere in 1913. The great choreographer Nijinksky stood in the wings counting beats for the dancers so that they could perform Stravinksy’s remarkable, erotic, exotic Rite of Spring.”

Rachleff continues, “In Mussorgsky’s beautiful, gentle prelude Dawn on the Moskva River you can hear the very same musical material that Tchaikovsky uses in his colossal First Piano Concerto. We bring back a favorite of ours, the great Russian pianist Lilya Zilberstein, for this most famous of all piano concerti.”

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