We welcome acclaimed Rachmaninoff interpreters from around the world and spanning multiple generations, for back-to-back iterations of the composer’s four Piano Concertos. Ryan Wang, Jeneba Kanneh-Mason, Boris Giltburg and Junyan Chen join us as soloists and the Philharmonia Orchestra, returning for a fifth consecutive year of performances, is conducted by Charlotte Corderoy. Spanning 50 years of Sergei Rachmaninoff’s 69 year life, each of his four masterworks were written and subsequently much revisited, revised and reworked. They are some of the most extreme, technically challenging pieces in the piano repertoire, and some of the most famous and best-loved music in popular culture. The four Concertos arrived in a period of seismic change across socio-political and cultural life, and their sound worlds represent this in shimmering technicolour and contrasting emotional moods of melancholy, grotesquerie, nostalgia and exultation. Join us to hear these colossal pieces - rarely performed in this complete form, and never before in the UK - each requiring the stamina of an athlete, the dexterity of a surgeon, and the soul of an artist. This event is supported by the Rachmaninoff Commissioning Circle: Sam & Alexandra Morgan and those who wish to remain anonymous. The concert grand piano is supplied and maintained by Steinway & Sons, London. Presented by Bold Tendencies. All ages.