January 21, 2019. In advance of our Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert Broadcast on January 27th featuring pianist Garrick Ohlsson, we're highlighting his new release Brahms: Late Piano Works.
In 1970, Garrick Ohlsson became the first American to win first prize in the International Chopin Competition.
In the years since, this Grammy-winning artist has become renowned for his sensitive lyricism and athletic virtuosity in a range of repertoire. In Brahms: Late Piano Works, he turns to three of Brahms last piano works: Fantasias, Op. 116, Intermezzos, Op. 117, and Clavierstuke, Op. 118. Also on the album: a very early piece, Scherzo in E flat minor, Op. 4, which, composed when Brahms was 18, became the first piece he approved for publication.
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On Sunday, January 27th on WRTI 90.1 Garrick Ohlsson performs Bartok's Piano Concerto with The Philadelphia Orchestra.
He'll also be performing an all-Brahms program on March 13th at the Perelman Theater in the Kimmel Center, presented by the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society.
