Boston Philharmonic Orchestra: Brahms Violin Concerto / Bartok Concerto for Orchestra
Symphony Hall
Symphony Hall, Boston, MA
Brahms Violin Concerto, Guy Braunstein, piano
Bartok Concerto for Orchestra Benjamin Zander, conductor
ABOUT THE PROGRAM
Soloist and former Concert Master of the Berliner Philharmoniker, Guy Braunstein returns to Boston to play Brahms Violin Concerto with the Boston Philharmonic. His Boston debut performance last year was praised by The Boston Globe
"Braunstein’s distinguished background as a former Berlin Philharmonic concertmaster shone through as he enchantingly wove in and out of the orchestral fabric. Delineating Elgar’s dizzying parade of gorgeous melodies one moment, he drew back into the symphonic texture the next, pooling his sound into the Philharmonic’s as it confidently tackled the intricate score."
Bartok's Concerto for Orchestra, is the final piece on the program. This most life-affirming of concertos was written by a composer already in the throes of the leukemia that was to claim his life. Not even the faintest trace of what the exceptionally courageous and self-reliant composer was suffering is detectable in the music. It was written as a celebration of, and a torture test for, one of the world’s greatest orchestras—the Boston Symphony. We are especially happy to be performing this masterwork in Symphony Hall, where Serge Koussevitzky and the BSO gave the world premiere in 1944. - Benjamin Zander
