CCM Philharmonia presents a US premiere and a romantic masterwork on Oct. 15

The UC College-Conservatory of Music Philharmonia returns for its second concert of the season with “Full Force,” a program featuring a US premiere by Aya Yoshida and Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Symphony No. 2. The concert takes place at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 15, 2022, in CCM’s Corbett Auditorium. 

The US premiere of Aya Yoshida’s Double Face is the second collaboration between the award-winning composer and the CCM Philharmonia. Originally from Japan and based in Copenhagen, Yoshida competed in CCM’s Alexander Zemlinsky Prize for Composition in 2019. Double Face, which originally premiered in 2016 by the Danish National Symphony Orchestra, won first prize. 

Yoshida's first prize award included $30,000 along with a major new orchestral commission for dance. In December 2021, CCM Dance and the CCM Philharmonia presented the world premiere of "Falling Upwards" set to Yoshida's piece Let Me Take You There; watch the performance online. 

The CCM Philharmonia's October 15 concert also features Rachmaninoff's Symphony No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 27 (1907). One of the towering musical figures of the 20th century, Rachmaninoff did not immediately take to the symphonic form. His Symphony No. 2 represents a triumph of persistence after his first symphony’s poor reception threatened to end his composition career entirely. Among his most-performed works, the second symphony is full of lush, memorable melodies and fervent energy.

CCM Philharmonia
Mark Gibson, music director and conductor

AYA YOSHIDA: Double Face (2015)
RACHMANINOFF: Symphony No. 2, Op. 27 (1907)

7:30 p.m. Saturday, October 15

Corbett Auditorium, CCM Village
University of Cincinnati

Tickets are $19.50; student and group discounts available. Tickets can be purchased in person at the CCM Box Office, over the telephone at 513-556-4183 or online now through our e-Box Office!

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Featured image at the top: CCM Philharmonia performs on stage at Corbett Auditorium. 

A preeminent institution for the performing and media arts, the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM) is the largest single source of performing arts presentations in the state of Ohio. All event dates and programs are subject to change. For a complete calendar of events, visit ccm.uc.edu/onstage.