Just as his nine symphonies set new standards for the genre, Beethoven’s Violin Concerto informed and inspired later examples by Brahms and others. Finnish virtuoso Elina Vähälä returns to Huntsville to perform this unparalleled masterpiece in an interpretation that is both fresh and commanding. It is complemented by Robert Schumann’s ebullient Symphony No. 2, notably premiered with his friend Mendelssohn conducting in 1846.