Eugene Symphony: Taichi conducts Brahms

Conductor: Taichi Fukumura
Piano: Clayton Stephenson
Eugene Symphony

KENDALL | The Spark Catchers
BEETHOVEN | Piano Concerto No. 5
BRAHMS | Symphony No. 4

Clayton Stephenson, “a remarkable virtuoso and master storyteller” (Gramophone) takes on the Fifth Piano Concerto of Beethoven, a piece both heroic and tragic. Framing the program are Hannah Kendall’s The Spark Catchers—inspired by a poem of the same name about women match makers in the 1880s— and Brahms’ rich autumnal, noble, and heart-rendering Fourth Symphony.