September 5 - September 11: Listening Assignment (remember that listening assignments apply to the weeks during which the listening is assigned.)

Sergei Rachmaninoff

• Read this article about Offenbach: http://www.dsokids.com/listen/by-composer/sergei-rachmaninoff.aspx
• Listen to the two musical excerpts in the link above as well as the pronunciation of his name and say it three times out loud. 
• What era did he compose in (Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic, Contemporary)?
• What are three things you learned from his biography that you liked?
• Please listen to/watch Rachmaninoff's most famous piano concerto, no. 2, at least the first movement! If you can watch/listen to it all, that is supreme and you won't regret spending your time with Kissin! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leXt4ilaPdA