"This is an unabashedly Romantic program. Wagner wrote the prelude to
Parsifal as a gift to his wife, and it is an absolute favorite in the DeMain home. It unfolds in a meditative and majestic way that will mesmerize you. When André offered to perform the Saint-Saëns, I was very excited. The entire work is so charged with energy and melody, and there's a furious
tarentella at the end that just sends audiences into delirium. Finally, the Brahms second symphony was one of the first orchestral works I ever conducted as a very young man. I fell deeply in love with it, and you can imagine what it means to me to return to this gorgeous symphony." -
John DeMain
