Conductor shines in Severance Music Center debut with Cleveland Orchestra in Rachmaninoff’s Second Piano ConcertoThe Cleveland Orchestra performed Rachmaninoff’s Second Piano Concerto on Friday night at Severance Music Center. on Friday night. He committed to lead works by Unsuk Chin, Rachmaninoff and Bartók in March when Lahav Shani asked to be away for the birth of his first child.
Pianist Beatrice Rana, who made her debut with the Orchestra on Friday, gave a surging, deeply moving account of Rachmaninoff’s Second Concerto, aided by the wise collaboration of Afkham. It was difficult at times to fathom where so much sound was coming from, but from the very first throbbing chords she sent deep wellsprings of robust tone into the hall.
After a long, thunderous ovation, Rana politely returned to the stage and without announcement, delivered a touching account of Scriabin’s Etude in C-sharp minor, Op. 42, No. 5.
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