Classics 4
San Antonio Philharmonic

Sarah Ioannides, conductor
Gabriela Martinez, piano

Venezuelan pianist Gabriela Martinez, who has been described as “versatile, daring and insightful”, performs one of the most powerful concertos of all time, Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2 on the 150th anniversary of his birth. Celebrated composer Jessie Montgomery’s Caught by the Wind explores cycles of life in nature. Australian-British conductor Sarah Ioannides and the SA Phil explore the struggle with fate in Tchaikovsky’s glorious Symphony No. 5.

Concert repertoire:
Jessie Montgomery – Caught by the Wind
Sergei Rachmaninoff – Piano Concerto No. 2
Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 5