Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody at Severance Music Center

JANÁEK  Suite from The Cunning Little Vixen

RACHMANINOFF  Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini

LIATOSHYNSKY  Grazhyna

STRAVINSKY  Suite from The Firebird

The Cleveland Orchestra
Oksana Lyniv, conductor
Inon Barnatan, piano

Based on one of classical music’s most famous melodies, Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini combines sweeping lyricism with breathless feats of virtuosity. Pianist Inon Barnatan makes his Severance debut with this audience favorite alongside Ukrainian conductor Oksana Lyniv, who pairs it with technicolor works by Janáek and Stravinsky. Rounding out the program is a heartfelt tone poem by 20th-century Ukrainian composer Borys Liatoshynsky.