Sensemayà by the Mexican composer Silvestre Revueltas opens this concert with the pulsating rhythms of South America. Soloists Andrey Baranov (violin) and Boris Andrianov (cello) join forces for the much-loved Brahms Double concerto. Borodin is known as one of the great five Russian nationalist composers that sought to avoid the influence of his European counterparts in creating music that was quintessentially Russian. His second symphony is arguably his most popular work.
