Saturday, February 11, 2012

It’s Hard to Wait … But

I’m starting to get excited about hearing Stephen Hough play the Rachmaninoff Second Piano Concerto with the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra in April.

And the following weekend I’ll hear him play the First and then the Third piano concerti.  It’s the Rachmaninoff fest!

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