The Windham Orchestra spotlights two musical geniuses in a special concert Sunday, April 8, at 3 p.m., at the Latchis Theatre, 50 Main St.

Two profoundly different works — Piano Concerto No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 15 by Brahms and Beethoven’s Pastoral Symphony — are on the program. Brahms’ work opens the concert, with Windham Orchestra Musical Director Hugh Keelan at the piano, and Jessie Pierpont as guest conductor. Keelan describes the Piano Concerto as a work conjuring up “a single man staring down the universe, a solo protagonist, incredibly sure of himself.”

It is a dramatic, powerful work, says Keelan, who points out that Brahms and his contemporaries were creating music in the colossal shadow cast by Beethoven. He notes, in fact, that Brahms’ First Symphony is often referred to as “Beethoven’s 10th.”

The second piece performed, Beethoven’s Pastoral Symphony (Symphony No. 6), is as gentle as Brahms’ work is powerful, and will take the audience on what Keelan calls “an emotional journey, to a profound, pastoral calm.” He adds, “It is an absolutely extraordinary work, not like anything else Beethoven created.”

The cost of admission is a donation of any amount. For information, visit www.bmcvt.org.