Second to None
Johannes Brahms, 1889 C. Brasch, Berlin - Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons
On this week's Prairie Performances, Friday night at 7 pm on WILL-FM 90.9, tune in for this bold, beautiful, and beguiling program of three “B’s”. This program will move you and thrill you with works illustrating 3 composers’ perspectives in creating their second works in a given genre. Barber, Second Essay for Orchestra; Borodin, Second Symphony; Brahms, Second Piano Concerto with Anton Nel.
"Second to None" (3/5/16)
Champaign-Urbana Symphony
Stephen Alltop, conductor
Anton Nel, piano
Samuel Barber | Second Essay for Orchestra
Alexander Borodin | Symphony No. 2 in B Minor
Johannes Brahms | Piano Concerto No. 2 in Bb Major, op. 83