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...highlight is a performance of Schumann's Piano Concerto in A minor by expert pianist Roy Kogan. Finished in 1845 and premiered by the composer's wife (one of the best pianists of her day), this concerto is at once exciting and poignant. It is also a sample of Schumann's style of piano composition at its finest. Rounding out the concert are Respighi's "Ancient Airs and Dances" Suite No. 1 and Mozart's Symphony No. 38, "Prague." The concert is in Sanders Theatre at 8:30 p.m. and tickets are available at Holyoke Center Ticket Office...
Boston University Symphony Orchestra performs Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3. With conductor Joseph Silverstein and pianist Anthony di Bonaventura. At Symphony Hall, 251 Huntington Ave., Boston, at 8 p.m. Tickets at $2.50. For Info, call...
Rachmaninoff reputedly said of his Third Piano Concerto that he "wrote it for elephants." You may agree or disagree after hearing the Boston University Symphony Orchestra's performance Friday night at Symphony Hall, Boston. Joseph Silverstein conducts and Anthony di Bonaventura is at the keyboard for this work, which Rachmaninoff completed before his first American tour in 1909, and which Mahler conducted in New York. The concert, including other works, is at 8 p.m. Tickets are $2.50 and information...
Also on the B.U. calendar, the Boston Symphony Orchestra Woodwind Quintet plays works by Michael Haydn, Poulenc, Beethoven and Francaix on Monday at 8 at B.U. School for the Arts, 855 Comm. Ave., but you might find a faculty recital of works for piano four-hands by Schubert, Hindemith, Mozart, Dvorak and Schumann even more intriguing. Warren Wilson and Shann Jacobsen-Wood will be the performers on Wednesday at 8, also at B.U. School for the Arts...
Also in Cambridge, at the Longy School, 1 Follen St., three members of the Longy faculty will give a free recital on Monday at 8:30 p.m. of works for two violins and piano. The program includes compositions by Haydn and Mozart as well as a premiere of a piece by Babadjianian. Call 876-0956. On Tuesday, Longy offers a Recital of Twentieth Century Flute Music, including the work of Boulez, Klebe, Varese, Jolivet and Schumann. Andrea Mason and Michael DeWart perform at 8:30 p.m.; for further information on the free concert, call...