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.

Program

William Dawson

Adagietto for Strings

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

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 known for her contributions as a vibrant pedagogue and freelance chamber and orchestral musician in the New York metropolitan area, with a presence across the five boroughs and the tri-state region.

Her journey began at home in a musically rich environment at the age of five, which led to a pursuit of the violin at Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School (known as the “Fame” school). Inna holds a dual Master's degrees in Violin …

Clyde Daley
Trumpet

Saturday, 1.10

Grace Williams: Trumpet Concerto


Clyde Daley is a freelance trumpeter and teacher based in the NYC Metropolitan area. He has played at many of the city's prestigious concert halls, including Carnegie Hall, David Geffen Hall, Avery Fisher Hall, Trinity Church Wall Street, and Riverside Church. In addition to playing with orchestras and opera companies, He has held chairs on several Off-Broadway shows and regularly subs on Broadway.

Conductor

Chilean conductor and violinist Nicolás Gómez Amín has performed in renowned venues across Chile, the United States, and Greece. From 2022 to 2024, he served as the Music Director of the Lehigh Valley Chamber Orchestra. He is also a regular Guest Conductor with the Berks Sinfonietta and has held the position of President and Music Director of the Chamber Players at Kutztown University.

In Chile, Nicolás was the Assistant Conductor at the 2024 Portillo International Music Festival and guest-conducted the …

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 Associate Teaching Professor of 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, clarinetist Anthony McGill, and the Martha Graham Dance Company.

Since Mark’s tenure with The Chelsea Symphony …