Worthing Philharmonic Orchestra: Visions Of Virtuosity - Rachmaninov, Scriabin & Parry

Name: Worthing Philharmonic Orchestra: Visions of Virtuosity - Rachmaninov, Scriabin & Parry
Start: 2026-11-29T15:00:00+00:00
End: 2026-11-29T17:00:00+00:00
Location: Assembly Hall

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Music

WPO pairs works by two of the greatest Russian pianist-composers: the virtuoso Sergei Rachmaninov and the visionary Alexander Scriabin. Rachmaninov’s enduringly popular Piano Concerto No. 2 will be played on this occasion by Coulsdon and Purley Festival winner Ryan Sheng, himself a young virtuoso pianist of astonishing talent.

Scriabin’s Symphony No. 2 is both a grand statement within the broader late Romantic century symphonic tradition, and a prophetic hint at things to come in this composer’s highly individual orchestral writing, inspired by his mystic-philosophical worldview.

Parry’s Symphonic Variations open the programme. They remain one of his most popular works and a fine example of the various forms.