UNSUK CHIN subito con forza RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 2 BARTÓK Concerto for Orchestra The Cleveland Orchestra Lahav Shani, conductor Beatrice Rana, piano It is hauntingly beautiful, heartrendingly emotional, and unabashedly romantic. Rachmaninoff wrote of his Second Piano Concerto, “What I try to do when writing down my music is to make it say simply and directly what is in my heart.” Bartók’s dazzling, thrilling, and immensely popular concerto is a virtuosic tour de force for the entire orchestra. This program’s Concert Preview lectures will be presented by James O'Leary, Associate Professor of Musicology, Oberlin Conservatory