Having previously sustained an injury to his left hand, Lang Lang plays the right hand part of the "Rhapsody" while Maxim Lando plays the left hand part.....THAT should be interesting, eh?

The composer calls the works a Nativity-Oratorio, with both the immediate association with Christmas, and with wider metaphorical and allegorical connections via the selected texts that serve as the lyrics for the work.

...music of Beethoven (times two) and a work for string quartet and orchestra by John (not Quincy) Adams.

You'll also hear famous music by Debussy and Stravinsky (Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun and The Rite of Spring).

Music Director Alna Gilbert conducts.