Concerto is a human story with a musical context. The first part is based on the historical facts surrounding the contrasting arrivals in New York, over a century ago, of two of the finest performers of their day (Mahler as conductor and Rachmaninov as concert pianist and composer) and a celebrated performance of a Concerto. This is a fictional account of what might have occurred, based upon the known historical facts.
A century later, we are introduced to Kenneth Evanson and his marathon journey as an aspiring conductor. His trials and tribulations are intertwined with those of...

Concerto is a human story with a musical context. The first part is based on the historical facts surrounding the contrasting arrivals in New York, over a century ago, of two of the finest performers of their day (Mahler as conductor and Rachmaninov as concert pianist and composer) and a celebrated performance of a Concerto. This is a fictional account of what might have occurred, based upon the known historical facts.
A century later, we are introduced to Kenneth Evanson and his marathon journey as an aspiring conductor. His trials and tribulations are intertwined with those of...