Siblings and Aspen favorites Gil and Orli Shaham team up for Indian-American composer Reena Esmail’s new Concerto for Violin and Piano which bridges the worlds of Indian and Western classical music.

The concert begins with the 17-year-old Richard Strauss’s 9-minute wind serenade, a tuneful and lyrical work which features no less than four French horns, his father’s instrument.

After struggling for years to complete his First Symphony, Brahms produced a second one almost effortlessly. “The melodies flow so freely that one must be careful not to trample on them,” he wrote.  Much of the music is drenched in the blue skies, sunshine, and rippling streams, with moments of tension and darkness adding a brooding, dramatic element.

Be immersed in some of the loveliest sounds of the summer with this “all in the family” concert featuring Gil and Orli Shaham as soloists and Orli Shaham’s husband David Robertson on the podium!