Brahms Festival

Imagine eight great symphonic masterpieces by Johannes Brahms in just 10 days with four symphonies, two piano concertos, a violin concerto and the double concerto for violin and cello. After successful Tchaikovsky and Beethoven Festivals in consecutive years, Sebastian Lang-Lessing’s Brahms Festival is sure to attract a sell-out crowds! The addition of three world-class soloists makes this even more spectacular New this season—two Discover concerts on Sundays to get an inside look at Brahms’s symphonies.

The Brahms Festival is sponsored by The Russell Hill Rogers Fund for the Arts.

Twenty artistic partnerships are planned. Chamber music, choral music, organ music will all take place in January and February 2013. The four Symphony concerts are part of the Classics series. Friday and Saturday night each weekend will have different programs. For the full Brahms Festival schedule visit BrahmsSA.com.

The Symphony’s concerts will include:

Classics 7A (Ovation 4a)
Friday, February 8, 2013
8 p.m., Majestic Theatre
Sebastian Lang-Lessing, conductor and Kirill Gerstein, piano
BRAHMS FESTIVAL 1
Piano Concerto No. 1
Symphony No. 1

Classics 7B (Ovation 4b)
Saturday, February 9, 2013
8 p.m., Majestic Theatre
Sebastian Lang-Lessing, conductor and Kirill Gerstein, piano
BRAHMS FESTIVAL 2
Piano Concerto No. 2
Symphony No. 2

Discover Brahms 2
Sunday, February 10, 2013
3 p.m., Majestic Theatre
Sebastian Lang-Lessing, conductor
Symphony No. 2 plus demonstrations

Brahms Chamber Music
Thursday, February 14, 2013
7:30 p.m.,  Christ Episcopal Church
Vadim Gluzman, violin; Ilya Shterenberg, clarinet; Renia Shterenberg, violin; Emily Freudigman, viola; Ken Freudigman, cello; Angela Yoffe, piano
Sonata for Clarinet in E-Flat major, Op. 120/2
Sonata for Violin No. 3
Clarinet Quintet

Classics 8A (Applause 4a)
Friday, February 15, 2013
8 p.m., Majestic Theatre
Sebastian Lang-Lessing, conductor and Vadim Gluzman, violin
BRAHMS FESTIVAL 3
Violin Concerto
Symphony No. 3

Classics 8B (Applause 4b)
Saturday, February 16, 2013
8 p.m., Majestic Theatre
Sebastian Lang-Lessing, conductor; Vadim Gluzman, violin and Jian Wang, cello
BRAHMS FESTIVAL 4
Double Concerto for Violin and Cello
Symphony No. 4

Discover Brahms 4
Sunday, February 17, 2013
3 p.m., Majestic Theatre
Sebastian Lang-Lessing, conductor
Symphony No. 4 plus demonstrations

The Brahms Festival is sponsored by The Russell Hill Rogers Fund for the Arts.

The logo drawing of Brahms was created by Judy Geist. All rights reserved.