JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Karen Ní Bhroin, conductor
Alexandra Dariescu, piano
Shostakovich: Festive Overture
Grieg: Piano Concerto
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4
Join us to celebrate in style as our 75th year officially begins in 2022! The concert kicks off with musical fireworks and brass fanfares a-plenty as the Symphony’s own Karen Ní Bhroin conducts Shostakovich’s exciting Festive Overture. Award-winning Romanian pianist Alexandra Dariescu joins us for Grieg’s stirring and romantic Piano Concerto. The program concludes with Tchaikovsky’s exuberant Fourth Symphony—which begins with raw power and ends in spectacular triumph. Superstar conductor JoAnn Falletta returns to the Stevens Center stage to lead this riveting program.
After years struggling to complete his first symphony, Brahms wrote to his beloved Clara Schumann that the solution came to him in a dream. The symphony transformed into his first piano concerto, launching the composer to fame by showcasing the awesome power of piano and orchestra. The concert op...
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