Rachmaninoff 150: The Bells

Berwaldhallen celebrates pianist and composer Sergei Rachmaninoff in five special programmes this autumn. Sergei Rachmaninoff considered his choral symphony The Bells – inspired by the poem of the same name by Edgar Allan Poe – to be one of his personal favourites. Also, extraordinary violinist Frank Peter Zimmermann plays Edward Elgar’s beloved violin concerto.

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The concert will be broadcasted in the Swedish Radio P2 on Saturday, December 9 at 7:00 pm.

Soloist change – soprano

Mané Galoyan is replaced by Olesya Golovneva

Approximate duration: 1 hr 55 mins with intermission

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