Concerts · The Phoenix Symphony
Thursday, November 12, 2026 · 11:00 AM
Brahms' Serenade No. 1
The Phoenix Symphony · Musical Instrument Museum · Phoenix, Arizona
Program
- Igor Stravinsky Concerto in E flat major "Dumbarton Oaks"
- Charles Ives The Unanswered Question, for trumpet, winds, and string orchestra
- Johannes Brahms Serenade No. 1 in D major, Op. 11
Artists
- Alejandro Gómez Guillén Conductor
Running time: about 1 h 23 min including an intermission (estimate from the works' usual timings)
Worth the drive: A short, quietly radical piece for three separated groups of instruments in which a solo trumpet asks the same question again and again without ever getting a clear answer. More about Charles Ives's The Unanswered Question, for trumpet, winds, and string orchestra →
About this concert
This chamber program pairs Brahms' pastoral Serenade No. 1 with Stravinsky's neoclassical "Dumbarton Oaks" Concerto and Ives' brief, philosophical The Unanswered Question, led by conductor Alejandro Gómez Guillén.
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