Guest conductor Ben Gernon conducted, with pianist Boris Giltburg.
Sergei Prokofiev: Russian Overture
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Concerto No. 2 in C Minor for Piano & Orchestra, Op. 18
Igor Stravinsky: Petrushka (1947 version)
The super-tuba played in Petrushka by Jim Self.
Alan Chapman interviewed both guest artists in the pre-concert lecture.
Conductor Ben Gernon was born in a musical family, with both parents being music teachers. He started the Tuba when he was 7, because nobody in his Dad's brass band wants to play it. :)
Ben started conducting when he was 15, in the school orchestra!
Boris Giltburg is somebody who loves playing the piano. He makes practicing his first priority, saying it's hard to know when it's good enough, and time to stop. Boris talked about the differences between the German and Russian music schools. The German school leans more intellectual, and the Russian school leans more emotional. They also touched on his "dream piano", posted on his blog.
You can sample Boris' piano in Amazon. :)
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