About the Music: WAGNER Overture to Tannhäuser LISZT Piano Concerto No. 1 BRAHMS Symphony No. 1 Brahms took over 20 years to complete his First Symphony, a monumental statement that opens with swirling storm clouds and ends with a jubilant hymn of gratitude. Conductor Daniele Rustioni brings his expertise as an operatic conductor to this program that also highlights Wagner’s Tannhäuser Overture and Liszt’s fiendishly difficult First Piano Concerto, performed by the remarkable Alessio Bax in his Cleveland Orchestra debut. Performing Artists: The Cleveland Orchestra Daniele Rustioni, conductor Alessio Bax, piano