Doors open at 2:30pm for people attending the first concert or the full event.

First concert of works by Sergei Rachmaninoff – 3pm – 4:30pm.

• Piano Sonata No. 1, Op. 28, performed by Wynona Yinuo Wang
• Piano Sonata No. 2, Op. 36, performed by Zitong Wang
• Prelude in B minor, Op. 32, No. 10 and Vocalise, performed by Konstantin Soukhvetski

Second concert of works by Sergei Rachmaninoff – 5pm – 6:30pm.

• Cello Sonata, Op. 19, performed by John-Henry Crawford (cello) and Wynona Yinuo Wang (piano)
• Morceaux de fantaisie, Op. 3, performed by Vyacheslav Gryaznov
• Aleko’s Cavatina, and select songs, performed by Joseph Parrish (bass-baritone), Vyacheslav Gryaznov (piano)

Festive dinner for Sergei Rachmaninoff’s 150th birthday – 7pm – 9:30pm.

• Celebrate the great Sergei Rachmaninoff over a festive dinner while mingling with our artists and each other, plus an entertaining slideshow about Rachmaninoff’s life. The dinner will include a fine champagne toast, a caviar starter, soul food catered by the hot spot East Village institution Veselka, and a special dessert. (If served at a restaurant, the menu price per person would easily be over $100.)

For more details about this event as well as about The Lilacs Recital Series, please see here.