National Symphony Orchestra: Shostakovich's Concerto for Piano, Trumpet, & Strings | Sibelius' Symphony No. 2

• Conrad Tao, piano
• William Gerlach, trumpet
• Dalia Stasevska, guest conductor

Jessie Montgomery — Hymn for Everyone (NSO premiere/co-commission)
Dmitri Shostakovich — Piano Concerto No. 1 in C minor, Op. 35 (Conrad Tao, piano & William Gerlach, trumpet)
Jean Sibelius — Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 43

Shostakovich’s Piano Concerto No. 1 is a rule-breaking, neo-Baroque romp filled with rapid-paced rhythms and comic punch lines. It's the musical equivalent of a wily jokester, and there's no better duo to bring the humor to life than award-winning pianist Conrad Tao and NSO Principal Trumpet William Gerlach.

Led by charismatic young conductor Dalia Stasevska in her NSO debut, the program also includes Sibelius' great Second Symphony and a new co-commission by Jessie Montgomery—an innovative 21st-century American composer who writes music that is "turbulent, wildly colorful and exploding with life" (The Washington Post).

About National Symphony Orchestra

https://www.kennedy-center.org/nso/home/

About Conrad Tao, piano

https://www.conradtao.com/

About William Gerlach, trumpet

https://williamgerlach.com/

About Dalia Stasevska, guest conductor

https://www.daliastasevska.com/