Rachmaninov - Two-Piano Spectacular

42 S. Palmer Street,Foxburg PA 16036

21 November, 2021

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Described as “irresistible” by Fanfare Magazine as “two gifted artists egging each other on to ever higher levels of musicianship!" Honor the memory of ARCA founder Patricia Ann Steffee and celebrate the richness and abundance of the season on Sunday, November 21, 2021 at 2 PM as ARCA presents TWO international grand prize winning pianists – CYNTHIA RAIM and DAVID ALLEN WEHR – performing on TWO grand pianos! Described as “irresistible” by Fanfare Magazine and “two gifted artists egging each other on to ever higher levels of musicianship, virtuosity and sheer fun.” ARCA favorite, David Allen Wehr, is joined by his piano partner Cynthia Raim, whom ARCA’s audience will remember from their “One Piano – 4 Hands” concerts in 2017 and two piano duo concert in Lincoln Hall in 2012 featuring music from their Rachmaninoff CD Suites for Two Pianos. They will inspire with the subtlety of their collaborative nuance and virtuosity in this all Rachmaninoff program – featuring the Six Piano Duets, op. 11, Suite no. 1 (Fantaisie-tableaux), op. 5 and Suite no. 2, op. 17. Their recording of Rachmaninoff Suites for 2 Pianos – Record of the Year for 1998 for the American Record Guide – was hailed by Pianoforte: “Here are two fine artists who sound as if they might have stepped right out of a Russian academy. They allow the composer’s melodies and phrases a natural shape without ever imposing technique on them, with a great feeling of contrast, light and shade. Has the Waltz for piano duet ever sounded more delightful and playful?” In the spirit of counting our blessings at Thanksgiving, our ARCA classical-music-loving audience can be grateful to have the bravura and elegance of the award winning CDs of the Raim-Wehr duo LIVE for us in Lincoln Hall. Cynthia Raim and David Allen Wehr have recorded together three CDs of the music of Brahms, Rachmaninoff and Dvorak – the reviews for which would be the dream of any artist. Of their CD of Brahms Waltzes, Opus 39 and 21 Hungarian dances, the American Record Guide wrote, “Raim and Wehr offer such luscious performances that they fill one’s soul with sheer joy. Absolutely gorgeous sound, this disc is a must have.” And in Fanfare magazine, “Overwhelming Èlan… Raim and Wehr are irresistible.” ALLEGHENY RIVERSTONE CENTER FOR THE ARTS is registered as a Charitable Organization with the Department of State, Bureau of Corporations and Charitable Organizations under The Solicitation of Funds for Charitable Purposes Act, 10 P.S. § 162.I et seq., and is authorized to solicit charitable contributions under the conditions and limitations set forth under the Act.