Bach’s Double Violin Concerto is a family affair featuring BPO concertmaster Nikki Chooi and his equally virtuosic brother, Timothy Chooi, in an energetic exchange of musical one-up-man-ship. Timothy solos on Prokofiev’s lyrical and romantic Violin Concerto No. 1, and the BPO performs Brahms’ beautifully melodic Serenade No. 2.
The BPO Coffee Concert Series is presented by Highmark.
Program
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Timothy Chooi, violin
Nikki Chooi, violin
BEHZAD RANJBARAN Saratoga Overture
PROKOFIEV Violin Concerto No. 1
BACH Concerto for Two Violins
BRAHMS Serenade No. 2 in A major