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Simon Trpčeski plays his favorite Rachmaninoff Concerto 8/18 @8pm

Classical 91.5 WXXO-FM
Published June 20, 2025 at 8:57 AM EDT

"When I first heard this piece, I was captured straight away by its freshness, originality, and the courage of the young person who wrote it." - Simon Trpčeski

(c)_KulturOp_V.Perkovski

Andreas Delfs, conductor

Simon Trpčeski, piano

PROGRAM 2514

JOHN MACKEY Redline Tango

RACHMANINOV Piano Concerto No. 1

RACHMANINOV Vocalise

STRAVINSKY The Firebird

Music Director Andreas Delfs brings the 2024-25 season to a close with Stravinsky’s showpiece, The Firebird. Simon Trpčeski performs Rachmaninov’s rapturous First Piano Concerto. There is a surprise collaboration in the encore.

This concert was recorded in June 2025 in Kodak Hall, Rochester, NY. It will be rebroadcast November 24, 2025 at 8:00pm.

Broadcast of RPO Concerts on WXXI Classical is made possible in part by a gift in loving memory of Lenore Lesser and by a grant from Dr. Ralph Jozefowicz, honoring classical music in Rochester.