Name: Brahms' Symphony No. 2
Start: 2025-04-11
End: 2025-04-11
Location: Charleston Gaillard Center

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Charleston Symphony Orchestra

Conductor

José Luis Gomez

Orchestra

Instrumentalist

Mak Grgić

Guitar

Brahms' Symphony No. 2

Charleston

United States

Charleston Gaillard Center

Public

Concert

Spanish Capriccio, op. 34

Concierto de Aranjuez

Symphony No. 2 in D Major, op. 73

Saurav Kumar

Approved

Take a trip with the Charleston Symphony through lush Spanish musical themes via Rimsky-Korsakov and Joaquín Rodrigo, with a detour to Austria for Brahms’ inviting and intricate Symphony No. 2. Conductor José Luis Gomez returns to the podium with Grammy nominated guitarist Mak Grgic for the CSO’s final Masterworks concert of the 2024-2024 season.

Brahms’ Symphony No. 2 with Conductor José Luis Gomez
A truly Russian composer in most instances, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov infused Spanish folk melodies into his Capriccio espagnol. Inspired by the extensive and picturesque grounds of the Royal Palace in his home country of Spain, Joaquín Rodrigo’s gorgeous Concierto de Aranjuez has become the most popular concerto ever written for guitar and orchestra.

Johannes Brahms wrote his Second Symphony during a lakeside summer retreat in Austria. Following his serious and grand First Symphony, it’s a composition with beautiful melodies and complex moods that seemingly reflect the relaxed yet focused mindset of Brahms at the time. Listeners find that the surprisingly bold finale is energizing and elating, resulting in absolute delight throughout the symphony, from start to finish.

English

Brahms' Symphony No. 2 by Rimsky-Korsakov, Rodrigo, Brahms, Fri 11 Apr 2025, From (2025/2025), Conductor José Luis Gomez, Charleston Gaillard Center, Charleston, United States

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