Passionate Dialogues

PASSIONATE DIALOGUES
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2025 | 7:30PM
PRE-CONCERT CONDUCTOR’S TALK AT 6:30PM
Sponsored by Deborah & David Brown
Mascagni | Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana
Brahms | Piano Concerto No. 2
—Clayton Stephenson, piano
Mr. Stephenson appears by arrangement with The Cliburn
Schumann | Symphony No. 3 “Rhenish”

Mascagni’s emotional orchestral intermezzo from the opera Cavalleria Rusticana will open this program after which we welcome back the gifted pianist, Clayton Stephenson, for a performance of Brahms Piano Concerto No. 2. Schumann’s “Rhenish” Symphony, which captures the sights and sounds of the landscape along Germany’s scenic Rhine River, will bring a peaceful conclusion to our evening.