Glacier Symphony’s concerts this weekend include a last-minute lineup change.

Russian pianist Vassily Primakov had been slated to perform with the symphony in this weekend’s season finale concerts, but was injured in a car accident in New York Saturday. He will be replaced by Los Angeles-based pianist Roger Wright.

Wright will be featured in Rachmaninoff’s “Piano Concerto No. 2,” which has not been part of a symphony performance in the Flathead Valley since 2002.

The concerts will be held at 7:30 p.m. Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday in the Flathead High School auditorium.

Wright may be familiar to symphony-goers, as he has performed with the Glacier Symphony on three previous occasions, including Festival Amadeus and Symphony Pops at Rebecca Farm, where he played Gershwin and Liszt.

“We are very fortunate that Roger was actually available to fill our guest artist role for this concert, especially with only three days’ notice!” music director John Zoltek said.

“He is an exceptional pianist and dramatic interpreter of the concert repertoire. Roger plays a passionate ‘Rachmaninoff Second,’ a wonderfully poetic and expressive piece full of gorgeous melodies and virtuosic passages that require the utmost in technical and musical command from piano soloist and orchestra. I am looking forward to adding this splendid and inspiring piece to this weekend’s the program.”

Zoltek will conduct the concerts that will open with Beethoven’s dramatic “Leonora Overture No. 3,” and conclude with Brahms’ “Symphony No. 4 in E minor.”

“This will be a lushly Romantic concert full of beautiful and dramatic music. A great conclusion to an amazing season,” Zoltek said.

Tickets for the finale concert are available in a range of prices and seating tiers, and may be purchased at gscmusic.org or by calling 257-3241. All youths through grade 12 are admitted free to this masterworks concert, but are asked to call ahead to reserve student seats.

A free bus to the concert from Whitefish to Kalispell will be offered Saturday night. The bus leaves the Mountain Mall parking lot at 6:15 p.m.; call ahead to secure seating on the ride that will return immediately after the concert concludes. 

Wright will also perform tonight in the Symphony Soloist Spotlight concert. He’ll discuss his life as a concert pianist and perform solo works.

That show takes place in Alpine Lighting’s upstairs ballroom, 333 S. Main St., Kalispell. Doors open at 7 p.m.

Tickets are $15 for general admission. A cash bar will be available. Call the symphony office for more information.