Linhan Cui, conductor
GSO Principal Conductor
HIGHLIGHT
Johannes Brahms’s music combines the romantic idiom with classical form to create something unique. This program includes two of his works: Serenade No.2, a birthday gift for Clara Schumann filled with a pastoral, calm and dream-like atmosphere; and Brahms’s Violin Concerto, an emblem of the composer’s mature period characterized by virtuosity, vitality and idealism, praised as one of the top three violin concertos in the musical canon. This concert also includes a new work by Feng Zihui that references Northern Song poet Mei Yaochen, pitting an erhu soloist against the orchestra in a thrilling emotional journey ranging from sadness and tears to joy and laughter.
PROGRAM
2224th concert since the GSO’s inaugural “Music Season” in May 1998
Subscription Concert 3
Organizers: Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra, Xinghai Concert Hall
2025.10.26（Sun.）20:00
Symphony Hall, Xinghai Concert Hall
Cui Linhan, conductor
Gil Shaham, violin
Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra
Feng Zihui
Erhu Concerto Birds of Sorrow and Joy (World Premiere)*
Gao Bai, erhu*
*This work and the soloist are both recommended by NCPA “Young Composer Program”.
Johannes Brahms
Serenade No.2 in A major, Op.16
1.Allegro moderato
2.Scherzo. Vivace
3.Adagio non troppo
4.Quasi menuetto
5.Rondo. Allegro
—— Intermission ——
Johannes Brahms
Violin Concerto in D major, Op.77
1.Allegro non troppo
2.Adagio
3.Allegro giocoso, ma non troppo vivace
Gil Shaham, violin
