Ravel and Rachmaninoff

By Dr. Kimberly Hieb

Published April 14, 2023 at 7:30 AM CDT

This week Classical Music Amarillo serves up a program of music by Maurice Ravel and Sergei Rachmaninoff, composers whose music will be performed by the Amarillo Symphony in the final concert of their 2022-2023 season.

On Friday, April 21st and Saturday, April 22nd, the Amarillo Symphony will conclude their 2022-2023 season with a program featuring Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Second Piano Concerto and Maurice Ravel’s Mother Goose Ballet as well as a world premiere of a piece by the winner of the WT Young Composer’s Initiative: Caleb Brandon. Plus, tune in to Classical Music Amarillo this week to hear Dr. BJ Brooks, professor of composition at West Texas A&M University's School of Music, talk about the WT Composer's Initiative followed by performances of Maurice Ravel's Tziganne and Sergei Rachmaninoff's Second Symphony.