Daniel Raiskin, conductor
Alexei Volodin, piano 

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 2
Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 4

Photo: Marco Borggreve.

Our Sunday Classics series begins with Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 2. At the keyboard is returning guest artist Alexei Volodin. Having tackled the first Tchaikovsky piano concerto in our season opener, for this concert Volodin treats us to the less famous second.

Also on the program is the final formal symphonic composition by Johannes Brahms — a composer who struggled with the pressures of writing a first symphony. This last work presents an assured composer writing with clear, powerful emotion that is equal parts compelling and complex.