Glacier Symphony will conclude its 30th concert season with Beethoven, Brahms and the “Piano Concerto in F sharp Minor,” a rarely performed work by the Symbolist Russian composer Alexander Scriabin.

Appropriately, it will be played by the young Russian-American pianist Vassily Primakov, an expert interpreter of Scriabin and Chopin, whose Carnegie Hall appearance Friday precedes this engagement.

The concerts will be held at 7:30 p.m. April 27 and 3 p.m. April 28 in the Flathead High School auditorium.

John Zoltek, Glacier Symphony and Chorale’s music director, will conduct the concerts. They open with Beethoven’s dramatic “Leonora Overture No. 3,” and conclude with Brahms’ “Symphony No. 4 in E minor,” the last of Brahms’ symphonies. The concert will be filled with lush and dramatic music of the Romantic period, from the early 19th century Beethoven overture from his opera “Fidelio” to the Classical/Romantic mastery of Brahms, to the later Symbolist era of Scriabin.

Zoltek describes Scriabin as holding an unusual place among the great composers of the 19th century Russian school that included Rimsky-Korsakov, Glazunov and Rachmaninoff.

“Scriabin was [an] individualist visionary who explored mystical-musical ideas and experimented with chromatic harmony and form,” Zoltek said.

“He devised an elaborate theory that associated color, scent and all manner of sensory experience with musical creation and performance. He held somewhat radical philosophical ideas and was influenced by the doctrines of theosophy.

“His most famous symphonies include No. 5, ‘Prometheus,’ and No. 4, ‘Poem of Ecstasy.’ Scriabin’s fame also rests on his solo piano works, which incorporate technical demands with highly chromatic and unorthodox harmonies, which were a foreshadowing 20th century practices.”

Scriabin shared the same piano instructor as Sergei Rachmaninoff and went on to write numerous solo piano works. His “Piano Concerto in F sharp Minor” was his only true piano, written very quickly over the course of a few days. It premiered in 1897 when he was quite young, and the work reflects the stylistic and orchestral influences of Chopin.

Primakov is hailed as a pianist of world-class importance, praised by music magazine Gramophone because his “empathy with Chopin’s spirit could hardly be more complete.” Born in Moscow, Primakov entered Moscow’s Central Special Music School at age 11 and at 17 came to New York City to pursue studies at The Juilliard School. At 19, he won the Cleveland International Piano Competition.

In recent years, he has toured both in the United States and Europe, receiving accolades on both sides of the Atlantic. He has released numerous recordings for Bridge Records and on his own label.

Zoltek will share some stories about the composers from the stage at the performances rather than in the concert talks he has given 45 minutes before previous masterworks concerts.

Tickets for the finale concert are available in a range of prices and seating tiers at gscmusic.org or by calling the Glacier Symphony and Chorale office at 257-3241.

All youths through grade 12 are admitted free to this masterworks concert; call ahead to reserve student seats.

A free bus to the concert from Whitefish to Kalispell will be offered Saturday night, sponsored by DePratu Ford. The bus leaves the Mountain Mall parking lot at 6:15 p.m. Call ahead to secure seating on the ride that will return immediately after the concert.