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This concert resonates with the forces of the nature and embraces a deep sense of place. Conductor Jayce Ogren opens with his own composition: Intertidal – an evocation of the wildlife and majesty of the coastline of his native Pacific Northwest. Ottorino Respighi depicts the culture and landscape of Italy’s capital city with a pair of powerful tone poems for an enormous orchestra. Fountains of Rome awakens at dawn at the Valle Giulia fountain and conjures the mythical statues of four of the city’s famous wellsprings. Pines of Rome travels through the city’s outskirts with children playing in the forest, monks chanting in its catacombs, and ranks of soldiers marching along the Appian Way. Sergei Rachmaninoff became Tchaikovsky’s heir with his voluptuous Piano Concerto No. 2, a Late Romantic masterpiece anchored by its unforgettable “big tune.” Sunset Center, Carmel Jayce Ogren, Music Director and Conductor Joyce Yang, piano Nicola Reilly, violin https://www.montereysymphony.org/events/rachmaninoff-piano-concerto/