Brahms’ Fourth & Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2

George Li performs Rachmaninoff’s Second Piano Concerto—full of passionate melodies, lush harmonies, and displays of blistering speed. Brahms’ final symphony shows the German composer at the height of his inventive powers and full of tragic beauty. Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s Ballade combines grand adventure with lilting tenderness to lead off the program.