January 9-10

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Brahms's Fourth

Friday | 1.9.26 | 8:00 PM
Saturday | 1.10.26 | 8:00 PM

The DiMenna Center for Classical Music, 450 West 37th Street

Twenty years ago, The Chelsea Symphony’s inaugural season paired the complete Brahms symphonies with new works by up-and-coming composers. In this program, we revisit Brahms’s magisterial Fourth Symphony and present a premiere by a composer who has been with TCS since the beginning, Aaron Dai. Friday’s concert features Sergei Prokofiev’s lyrical Violin Concerto No. 1. Saturday’s program includes a rarely heard treasure, the Trumpet Concerto by Welsh composer Grace Williams.

Conductor:  Mark Seto

Program

Aaron Dai

New Work

Aaron Dai, Composer
Sergei Prokofiev

Violin Concerto No.1 in D Major, op.19

(Friday only)

Inna Langerman, Violin
Grace Williams

Trumpet Concerto

(Saturday only)

Clyde Daley, Trumpet
Johannes Brahms

Symphony No.4 in E minor, op.98

Featured Artists

Aaron Dai
Composer

Friday, 1.9, Saturday, 1.10

Aaron Dai: New Work


A graduate of Columbia University and the Mannes School of Music, Aaron Dai began studying piano at  the age of five and went on to win the UNICEF Youth Concerts Competition three times by the age of  fifteen. As a soloist and collaborative pianist, he has performed around the country and abroad, in New  York venues such as Carnegie Hall, Steinway Hall, Symphony Space, and The Town Hall, and cities  including Dublin, London, Los Angeles, Mexico City, and San Francisco. …

Inna Langerman
Violin

Friday, 1.9

Sergei Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No.1 in D Major, op.19


Inna Langerman is a versatile Belarusian-American violinist renowned for her contributions as a freelance chamber and orchestral musician in the New York metropolitan area, with a presence across the five boroughs and the tri-state region.

Her musical journey began at home in a family rooted in music, bringing up her earliest studies at the age of five. This nurturing environment led her to a pursuit of the violin at Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School. Inna's dedication was underscored through the …

Clyde Daley
Trumpet

Saturday, 1.10

Grace Williams: Trumpet Concerto


Conductor

Mark Seto leads a wide-ranging musical life as a conductor, scholar, teacher, and violinist. He is Artistic Director and Conductor of The Chelsea Symphony in New York City, and Senior Lecturer in Music at Brown University, where he directs the Brown University Orchestra and teaches courses in music history, theory, and conducting. Recent highlights include performances with violinist Itzhak Perlman, violinist Randall Goosby, and clarinetist Anthony McGill, and the inauguration of The Lindemann Performing Arts Center at Brown University.

Since …