Resolve | A Concert Companion to Masterworks: Beethoven’s Seventh

Check out Sarasota Orchestra’s Concert Companion to our second Masterworks concert of the season (Beethoven's Seventh, December 6-7, 2024, at Church of the Palms)! In this must-listen episode, cellist Chizuko "Cheeko" Matsusaka takes listeners on a fascinating journey, linking Carlos Simon, Brahms, Beethoven, Homer's Iliad, and symbols of human perseverance through some of history's darkest times. Cheeko also details her musical history with guest conductor Peter Oundjian and eavesdropping on Yefim Bronfman in the practice room at the Aspen Music Festival. Learn more about the robust concert program that features the GRAMMY® Award-winning pianist making his Sarasota Orchestra debut as soloist in Brahms' monumental Piano Concerto No. 1. Tickets are available online at SarasotaOrchestra.org! Music in this episode: "The Kiss of the Earth: Introduction" from The Rite of Spring by Igor Stravinsky (arrangement for piano four hands) Marc-André Hamelin and Leif Ove Andsnes, piano From the album The Rite of Spring & other works for two pianos four hands, released February 2018 (Hyperion) Symphony No. 7 by Ludwig van Beethoven Bramwell Tovey, conductor Sarasota Orchestra Recorded live at the Sarasota Opera House, October 30, 2021 Fate Now Conquers by Carlos Simon Carter Brey, cello Jaap van Zweden, conductor New York Philharmonic Recorded live at the Bravo! Vail Music Festival, July 23, 2021 Piano Concerto No. 1 by Johannes Brahms Roman Rabinovich, piano Anu Tali, conductor Sarasota Orchestra Recorded live at the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall, January 2018