Long Yu, conductor
GSO Honorary Music Director for Life , “[The] most powerful figure in China’s classical music scene”—The New York Times
Zhang Haochen, Piano
“[Zhang’s] aim for lightness, transparency and directness yields poetic results.”—Gramophone
HIGHLIGHT
Brahms’s Piano Concerto No.2 is a masterpiece from his mature period, distinguished by a solid sense of style and gorgeous harmonic structure in taxing the soloist’s technical prowess. An exemplar of late-romantic pianism, it remains a touchstone for musicians at the highest level of accomplishment.
PROGRAM
Johannes Brahms (arr. Arnold Schoenberg)
Piano Quartet No.1 in G minor, Op.25
Johannes Brahms
Piano Concerto No.2 in B-flat major, Op.83
Long Yu, conductor
Guo Sen, soprano
Haochen Zhang, piano
