Masterworks 4: Across the Sea
January 23, 2027
John Novacek, Piano
Beethoven Coriolan Overture
Paulus Sea Portraits
Brahms Piano Concerto No. 1
Brace yourself for adventure as we explore the New World’s ties to the old. We set sail from Ancient Rome with Beethoven's brooding, battle-hardened Coriolan — a general destroyed by his own pride — before arriving in New Bedford, Massachusetts, the heart of America’s whaling industry, with Stephen Paulus' vivid Sea Portraits. We close with the young Brahms, who poured the wreckage of his broken heart into one of the stormiest works in the repertoire.