sun 18 oct 2026 16:00 hrs
Graduation Masterpieces by Rachmaninoff, Prokofjev and Sjostakovitsj
This edition of Sonoor features three works that marked the culmination of their composers’ conservatory studies. In 1892, 19-year-old Sergei Rachmaninoff wrote the one-act opera Aleko in under three weeks. In 1914, Sergei Prokofiev performed his own Piano Concerto No. 1, composed in 1912, for his final examination in St Petersburg and won the prestigious Rubinstein Prize. Dmitri Shostakovich (pictured) completed his Symphony No. 1 in 1925, at the age of 18, while supporting himself by playing piano in cinemas. When the symphony premiered in Leningrad in 1926, it made him famous overnight.
Playlist
- Sergei Rachmaninoff – Aleko: Men’s Dance
Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Vasily Petrenko - Sergei Prokofiev – Piano Concerto No. 1 in D-flat major, Op. 10
Evgeny Kissin (piano); Berliner Philharmoniker, conducted by Claudio Abbado
Allegro brioso – Andante assai – Allegro scherzando - Dmitri Shostakovich – Symphony No. 1 in F minor, Op. 10
Dresdner Philharmonie, conducted by Michael Sanderling
I. Allegretto – Allegro non troppo
II. Allegro
III. Lento
IV. Allegro molto – Lento – Allegro molto
