Uzbek pianist Behzod Abduraimov returns, and Paavo Järvi conducts Brahms’ sunniest symphony
March 27 at 8:00 PM, March 28 at 2:00 PM and March 29 at 2:00 PM
Paavo Järvi won raves when he led Brahms’ Second Symphony at New York’s Lincoln Center: “When the music built in urgency, Järvi made its outbursts sudden and awesome, with slashing rhythms and harrowingly great contrasts of volume and tempo,” reported The New Yorker. The acclaimed Brahmsian leads the LA Phil in the composer’s sunny, yet seductive, symphony.
Järvi kicks off the concert with Schumann’s Overture, Scherzo and Finale, filled with the “flush of spring” and the promise of new love and Beethoven’s bold Piano Concerto No. 1 with Uzbek pianist Behzod Abduraimov.
Bachtrack praised Abduraimov for his playful imitation of the concerto’s trumpets and drums, writing that he “entered with a gentle lyrical lilt and made it quickly clear [he] was a pianist who fully enjoyed Beethovenian delights.”