BRAHMS’ PIANO CONCERTO NO. 2

Pre-Concert Conversations: Get the real story behind the composers and their music, straight from the conductor and guest soloists. Starts one hour before each Masterworks concert in the theater. Included free with each concert ticket. Sponsored by The Ruth & J O Stone Foundation.

Beethoven: Egmont: Music for Goethe’s Tragedy
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2

Michael Francis leads music that flexes its muscles and shows its heart. First, something you don’t hear every day: the full Egmont music by Beethoven. Written for Goethe’s drama, it’s dark, urgent and ultimately triumphant. With soprano Yulia Van Doren adding a luminous voice to the story, it unfolds like a cinematic arc, not just a single overture. Then comes Brahms’ Piano Concerto No. 2 — massive, rich and surprisingly tender. At the center is Tzimon Barto, a force of nature at the keyboard (also a writer, poet and former bodybuilder). He brings both raw power and deep introspection to a concerto that moves from stormy intensity to moments of real intimacy.

Guest Artists
Tzimon Barto, piano, Yulia Van Doren, soprano

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