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Rachmaninoff 150

Composers of the Romantic Era sought to create music that was individualistic, emotional and dramatic – and one of the masters of the movement was born in Russia on April 1, 1873: Sergey Rachmaninoff. This season the SC Phil is joining orchestras all over the world to celebrate his 150th birthday. Featuring Rachmaninoff’s Third Symphony – one of the few works to be composed during the composer’s self-imposed exile from Russia after 1917 – our celebration spotlights one of his strongest and most original compositions. It reveals his usual sure touch with orchestral color, calling for a degree of technical virtuosity from an ensemble that he rarely demanded in other works.