CLASSICAL COLLECTION
Ohlsson Plays Brahms
Garrick Ohlsson
JOSEPH MEYERHOFF SYMPHONY HALL
Saturday, November 14, 2026 at 6 PM
THE MUSIC CENTER AT STRATHMORE
Sunday, November 15, 2026 at 3 PM
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Jonathon Heyward, conductor Garrick Ohlsson, piano
Johannes Brahms Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-Flat Major, Op. 83 I. Allegro non troppo II. Allegro appassionato III. Andante IV. Allegretto grazioso
Garrick Ohlsson, piano Emilie Mayer Faust Overture, Op. 46 INTERMISSION Antonín Dvořák The Golden Spinning Wheel, Op. 109
This performance is approximately 2 hours, and includes a 20-minute intermission. The appearance of pianist Garrick Ohlsson is supported by in part The Sidney M. Friedberg Guest Artist Fund.
Full program notes available on the BSO App!
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
Jonathon Heyward
Kaupo Kikkas
A complete biography for Music Director Jonathon Heyward can be found on pg. 7.
Since his triumph as winner of the 1970 Chopin International Piano Competition, pianist Garrick Ohlsson has established himself worldwide as a musician of magisterial interpretive and technical prowess. Although long regarded as one of the world’ s leading exponents of the music of Frédéric Chopin, Mr. Ohlsson commands an enormous repertoire which ranges over the entire piano literature. He has come to be noted for his masterly performances of the works of Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert, as well as the Romantic repertoire.
Mr. Ohlsson’ s 2026-27 season consists of returns to the San Francisco, Denver, Baltimore, Montreal, Houston, and Madison Symphonies, culminating in a spring appearance with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra at 92Y in New York where he will play and direct both Chopin concerti. In solo recital, he can be heard in Cleveland, Toronto, Nashville, Kingston( ON), College Park( MD), and Seattle. Mr. Ohlsson’ s recording with the Takacs Quartet of the Elgar and Amy Beach piano quintets won Gramophone’ s 2021 Classical Music Award in the Chamber category. His ten-disc set of the complete Beethoven Sonatas, for Bridge Records, has garnered critical acclaim, including a GRAMMY for Vol. 3. In November 2026, his set of Complete Works of Chopin will be re-released.
Mr. Ohlsson won First Prizes at the 1966 Busoni Competition and the 1968 Montréal Piano Competition. In 1970, he was the first American to win the Gold Medal at the International Chopin Competition and in 2025, was selected to chair the jury for the 19th incarnation of the Competition.
Dario Acosta
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