Jahja Ling, conductor Tasha Koontz, soprano Yefim Bronfman, piano
Edvard GRIEG: Peer Gynt Suite, Op. 23 (Selections compiled by J. Ling) Johannes BRAHMS: Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15
ABOUT
Edvard Grieg appears also in the first half of this concert, led by Conductor Laureate Jahja Ling, with Maestro Ling's own selection of movements from the Norwegian composer's unforgettable incidental score written to accompany the first performance of the play Peer Gynt, by his friend and contemporary Henrik Ibsen. For Johannes Brahms’ vast and tragic Piano Concerto No. 1, composed as a memorial to his beloved friend the composer Robert Schumann, the soloist is one of the greatest exponents of this music in our time, Yefim Bronfman.