Colorado Music Festival presents Valentina Lisitsa in the Brahms Festival July 15, 2010

Michael Christie leads the CMF Orchestra in a performance of Brahms’ Piano Concerto No. 2 with pianist Valentina Lisitsa, who is described by critics as a "bona fide angel playing" and an "electrifying pianist." Also featured is the Symphony No. 2. The second piano concerto was composed directly after completion of the second symphony, and similar elements of mature symphonic style are apparent in this concerto. Brahms’ cheerful second symphony has a sweet pastoral mood that contrasts with the somber first symphony.

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