MSO: Wigglesworth conducts Rachmaninov

Mark Wigglesworth conductor

Saleem Ashkar piano

Schnelzer’ A Freak in Burbank 

Mendelssohn Piano Concerto No.1

Rachmaninov Symphony No.2

“What a joy [the Mendelssohn concerto] was. The soloist, the young Palestinian Israeli Saleem Abboud Ashkar, has the slender looks of a matinee idol, and his playing too was fabulously well-groomed, light-fingered and neat.” – London Telegraph

This sensational musical talent makes his MSO debut with a favourite guest of the Orchestra and its audiences, British conductor Mark Wigglesworth, who brings his legendary flair for to Rachmaninov’s passionate, luxuriously melodic symphony.