UBC Symphony Orchestra
Jonathan Girard conductor
Brian Sun piano
Winner of the 2026 UBC Concerto Competition
The UBC Symphony Orchestra returns for its season finale with conductor Jonathan Girard and winner of the 2026 UBC Concerto Competition Brian Sun!
The program opens with UBC Professor Emeritus Stephen Chatman’s Crimson Dream, a vividly textured work by one of Canada’s most celebrated composers. Rising talent Brian Sun takes the stage for Rachmaninoff’s electrifying Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43—an audience favourite celebrated for its virtuosity and sweeping Romanticism.
The evening ends with Ravel’s Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No. 2, a masterpiece of orchestral imagination that brings the UBC Symphony Orchestra’s season to a breathtaking close.
Program
Stephen Chatman: Crimson Dream
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43
Winner of the 2026 UBC Concerto Competition, Brian Sun piano
Maurice Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No. 2
