David Garrett (photos) piano concerto No2 Adagio New 2019

David Garrett Violin. Music: Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No 2 (Adagio sostenuto) Sergei Rachmaninoff. Born: 1 April 1873 Died: 28th March 1943 The Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18, is a concerto for piano and orchestra composed by Sergei Rachmaninoff between the autumn of 1900 and April 1901. The second and third movements were first performed with the composer as soloist on 2nd December 1900. The complete work was premiered, again with the composer as soloist, on 9 November 1901, with his cousin Alexander Siloti conducting. Rachmaninoff fell into a depression that lasted for several years. His second piano concerto confirmed his recovery from clinical depression and writer s block, cured by courses of hypnotherapy and psychotherapy and helped by support from his family and friends. The concerto was dedicated to Nikolai Dahl, the physician who had done much to restore Rachmaninoff s selfconfidence.