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When Sergey Rachmaninov composed his evocative Études-Tableaux (‘Study-Pictures’) for piano, he kept his inspirations to himself, hoping that audiences would imagine their own pictures instead. Almost twenty years later, when Italian composer Ottorino Respighi set out to orchestrate a selection, Rachmaninov divulged some of the images that had come to mind when writing the pieces: a fair, the sea, children’s tales, and marches.

Opening our concert, Alexander Scriabin’s Piano Concerto – an early, Chopin-esque work, but with clear signs of the composer’s own distinct voice breaking through. Scriabin and Rachmaninov – both virtuoso pianists as well as composers – performed the work, sometimes even together with Scriabin playing and Rachmaninov conducting. Following in their footsteps, rising star and Â鶹Éç Radio 3 New Generation Artist Julius Asal joins us in his debut with the Â鶹Éç Symphony Orchestra.