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Inspired by Russian legends of nocturnal revels, Night on a Bald Mountain depicts a fiery witch’s sabbath and was inspiration for Walt Disney’s 1940 animated film Fantasia. Dvořák’s Symphony No. 8 dwells in a sunny, pastoral world filled with Bohemian folk melodies, rustic peasant dances, and lamenting nostalgia. Ying Li brings her “graceful, lyrical” (Cleveland Classical) strengths to Beethoven’s First Piano Concerto, a work of youthful brilliance.

A battle with fate and destiny, Tchaikovsky’s Fourth Symphony presents a passionate thrill ride of emotions for the audience. With suave delight and Mozartian influence of the Second Piano Concerto by Beethoven balances the evening and features pianist Chaeyoung Park who “does not play a single note without thought or feeling” (New York Concert Review)

Rachmaninov’s Second Symphony is beloved for its achingly beautiful melodies that melt the heart and marked a personal comeback for the composer after a debilitating crisis of confidence. Beethoven’s Third Piano Concerto is a landmark of his dark and restless period, here featuring Anthony Ratinov, lauded for “sporting a pianism at the highest level…with admirable dexterity and with stainless precision” (L’Ape Musicale). Opening the concert: a new work by GRAMMY-nominated composer Anna Clyne.

Combining power and grandeur with tender, poetic expression, the Fourth Piano Concerto of Beethoven stands as one of the most profound achievements. Hear it performed by Harmony Zhu, hailed as a “deeply musical soul and nimble technician… with utter naturalness and probing sensitivity” (Chicago Tribune). Journey through the Nordic ice and soaring splendor of the First Symphony by Sibelius and explore the Birds of Paradise, as inspired by BBC’s Planet Earth.

Clayton Stephenson, “a remarkable virtuoso and master storyteller” (Gramophone) takes the Fifth Piano Concerto of Beethoven, a piece both heroic and tragic. Framing the program are Hannah Kendall’s The Spark Catchers–inspired by a poem of the same name about women match makers in the 1880s—and Brahms’ rich, autumnal, noble, and heart-wrenching Fourth Symphony.