Seong-Jin Cho
May 21, 2023
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Overview

Seong-Jin Cho, making his Symphony Center Presents debut, brings “world-class technique, polished to a high sheen of expression” (Los Angeles Times) to a wide-ranging program pairing Handel’s E Major Suite with Brahms’ Handel Variations. The afternoon culminates in Schumann’s mercurial Symphonic Etudes.

Schedule
Sunday, May 21, 2023
3:00 PM
Program
Handel

Suite in E Major

Gubaidulina

Chaconne

Brahms

Handel Variations

Brahms

Capriccio in F-sharp Minor, Op. 76, No. 1

Brahms

Capriccio in B Minor, Op. 76, No. 2

Brahms

Intermezzo in B-flat Major, Op. 76, No. 4

Brahms

Capriccio in C-sharp Minor, Op. 76, No. 5

Schumann

Symphonic Etudes, Op. 13

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