San Diego Symphony at McCallum Theatre (Palm Desert)

Rafael Payare, conductor
Leonidas Kavakos, violin
San Diego Symphony Orchestra

BRAHMS Symphony No. 3 in F Major, Op. 90
BRAHMS Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77

Brahms is not only one of the most famous and cherished composers in all of 19th century music, but an artist of rich and wonderful contradictions. A musical architect of incredible intellectual skill, he wrote music that tugs instinctively at every human heart. Anyone can listen it and be deeply moved and captivated by it, but each of us will always find that there is more and more to discover in it.

Brahms, in a word, is a whole world of feelings and of melody.