THE SANCTUARY SERIES CELEBRATES MOTHER’S DAY WITH RACHMANINOFF

Celebrate Mother’s Day with Sergei Rachmaninoff as The Sanctuary Series concludes its inaugural spring season on Sunday afternoon with a concert entitled “The Bells of Moscow” featuring piano works by the great Russian composer, including nine Etudes and Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 36, performed by the internationally acclaimed pianist, Alexandre Moutouzkine.

Mr. Moutouzkine is the top prize winner of the Naumburg, New Orleans, Cleveland, Montréal and Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Competitions. He tours in the US and internationally, and is a professor of music in New York City.

The Etudes-Tableaux and Sonata No.2 were written at the height of Rachmaninoff’s career as a composer, and are filled with references to the bells and chorales of the Russian Church. A few years later, the 1917 Russian Revolution would force Rachmaninoff to flee, which meant the end of Russia as he had known it.

For Mother’s Day, The Sanctuary Series’ traditional post-concert wine and cheese artist reception will feature champagne for all Moms courtesy of the Cross River Wine Merchant.

Sunday is the fifth and final performance of the spring inaugural season which has brought world-class piano recitals to the Hamlet of South Salem. The Series was cofounded by Dr. Chip Andrus, pastor, and Mary Jane Newman, minister of music, of the South Salem Presbyterian Church. Artists in the first season have included Frederic Chiu, Anthony Newman and Eugenia Zuckerman. The series resumes in October 2014.

Tickets are $25 general, $40 preferred and $15 for students when purchased in advance via www.thesanctuaryseries.org.  For further information email info@thesanctuaryseries.org.