DM SYMPHONY CHEN CONDUCTS RACHMANINOFF

Mei-Ann Chen, conducting

THE LAURIDSEN GUEST CONDUCTOR

Anne-Marie McDermott, piano

PRICE                                      Dance of the Canebrakes

BEETHOVEN                           Piano Concerto No. 1

RACHMANINOFF                   Symphonic Dances

Chicago’s Mei-Ann Chen leads the Orchestra! The concert opens with Florence Price’s Dance of the Canebrakes, a lively work inspired by African American folk music. Anne-Marie McDermott performs Beethoven’s brilliant Piano Concerto No. 1. Rachmaninoff’s dramatic Symphonic Dances closes the evening.