The season concludes with one of the most beloved and Romantic of all piano works-Rachmaninoff’s
Second Piano Concerto-played by Russian virtuoso Ilya Yakushev. This concert, which concludes with Shostakovich’s powerful and declamatory
Fifth Symphony, famous for its pealing brass finale, will be long-remembered as one of Des Moines’s greatest nights of music.
Joseph Giunta, conducting
Ilya Yakushev, piano
