May
30
2026
concert
via venue:chicago-cso
Brahms, Strauss & Ravel La valse
Symphony Center, Chicago, USA
Saturday, May 30, 2026
Brahms’ First Piano Concerto awes with its grand scale, intense passion and unabashedly dramatic piano writing — the ideal showcase for Martin Helmchen, “who brings both freshness and expressive depth to everything he plays” ( Chicago Classical Review ). Works by Ravel and Richard Strauss evoke the romance and intrigues of Vienna’s bygone golden age.
Program
- Brahms Piano Concerto No. 1
- R. Strauss Suite from Der Rosenkavalier
- Ravel La valse
Performers
- Chicago Symphony Orchestra
- Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider conductor
- Martin Helmchen piano