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German Romantic Masterpieces, with Roth

François-Xavier Roth
Holger Talinski
François-Xavier Roth"

Saturday, March 14, 2020
(encore broadcast Monday, March 23)
8:00 PM

In an encore broadcast from the 2019 Tanglewood season, Kirill Gerstein is the soloist in the mighty Piano Concerto No. 2 by Brahms, and François-Xavier Roth leads the BSO in Schumann's Symphony No. 2.

Boston Symphony Orchestra
François-Xavier Roth, conductor
Kirill Gerstein, piano

BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 2
SCHUMANN Symphony No. 2

In a conversation with WCRB's Brian McCreath, conductor François-Xavier Roth describes his first impressions of Tanglewood, how he came to appreciate Brahms, and his work with soloists Kirill Gerstein and Yo-Yo Ma: