The Houston Symphony performs two works by Russian composers.
The first, Stravinsky's The Right of Spring, was so innovative for its time, it caused a riot. Leonard Bernstein said it "got the best dissonances anyone ever thought up, and the best asymmetries and polytonalities and polyrhythms and whatever else you care to name." Translation: It's going to make you think.
The second piece is Rach 3 or Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30. (You can see why it got a nickname.) The piece is known for its intense musical and technical demands and is considered to be one of the most difficult concertos around.
Jones Hall
615 Louisiana St.
Houston, TX 77002
http://www.houstonsymphony.org/calendar/view.aspx?id=2410
Tickets range from $25 to $111
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