150th Anniversary of the Birth of Sergei Rachmaninoff

Pianist Kevin Moore presents an all-Rachmaninoff program celebrating 150 years of the great composer-pianist Sergei Rachmaninoff.

Program
Rachmaninoff: Elegie in E-flat minor, Op. 3, No. 1
Rachmaninoff: Prelude in C-sharp minor, Op. 3, No. 2
Rachmaninoff: Daisies, Op. 38, No. 3
Rachmaninoff: Lilacs, Op. 21, No. 5
Rimsky-Korsakov: Flight of the Bumblebee (arr. Rachmaninoff)
Rachmaninoff: Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Op. 42
Rachmaninoff: Twelve Preludes selected from Op. 23 & 32

Kevin Moore is Professor Emeritus of Music at Onondaga Community College where he taught for 45 years until his retirement in May 2020. He served as General Counsel for the College for his last 8 years. He has done more than 170 full-length solo recitals and more than 130 shorter programs since coming to Syracuse. These include  an 8-recital Beethoven Sonata cycle between 2001 and 2003 sponsored by Civic Morning Musicals. He has also been a concerto soloist thirteen times. In addition, he has collaborated often with other musicians in vocal, choral and chamber programs in the central New York area. He has a Bachelor of Music degree from the Crane School of Music, a Master of Music degree from The Manhattan School of Music, a Doctor of Philosophy Degree from New York University and a Juris Doctor degree (magna cum laude) from the Syracuse University College of Law. As a composer he has written 7 choral works, works for piano 4 hands, several for solo piano and more than a dozen songs for voice and piano.

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