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Brussels Philharmonic & Simone Lamsma — Matoo

“For seventeen years, since I lost my country, I felt unable to compose. When I spent a summer on my estate in Russia, I rediscovered the pleasure of worki...

📅 Date: Thursday, May 20, 2027 at 6:15 PM – 8:15 PM

📍 Location: Flagey — Place Sainte-Croix, 1050 Ixelles , Ixelles

👤 Organiser: Scraper Bot

“For seventeen years, since I lost my country, I felt unable to compose. When I spent a summer on my estate in Russia, I rediscovered the pleasure of working. I still compose, but it no longer means the same to me,” Sergei Rachmaninov confided to the Daily Telegraph in an interview in 1933. And yet, a few years later, he found a renewed creative breath. In his Third Symphony, he captures the longing for his homeland in music that is rich and deeply melancholic — firmly rooted in the Russian trad...