PORTLAND — The Portland Symphony Orchestra will present “It Is Enough,” a program of music by Brahms, Berg and Sibelius with a solo performance by PSO concertmaster Charles Dimmick on Tuesday, Oct. 27.

“It Is Enough” will open with Brahms’ lively Academic Festival Overture, composed in 1880 as a thank-you to the University of Breslau for awarding the composer an honorary doctorate; it’s based on boisterous student drinking songs of the time.
The powerful Violin Concerto by Berg, with Dimmick in the soloist role, is often considered a double requiem for the daughter of a close friend as well as for Berg himself; Berg died shortly after finishing the piece.

Sibelius’ vivid, fresh and powerful Symphony No. 2, often connected with Finland’s struggle for independence, will close the program.

Dimmick joined the PSO as a member of the violin section in 1999, and became concertmaster of the orchestra in 2002. Also concertmaster of the Boston Modern Orchestra Project and a member of the Rhode Island Philharmonic, he began playing the violin at age 5, and has worked with the Tokyo and Juilliard string quartets.

The PSO, conducted by music director Robert Moody, will perform “It Is Enough” at 7:30 p.m. at Merrill Auditorium. Tickets, ranging from $20 to $70, are available through PortTix at 842-0800 or www.porttix.com. Tickets may also be purchased in person at the box office at 20 Myrtle St., from noon to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday.

A live recorded broadcast of the concert can be heard on Maine Public Broadcasting Network on Wednesday, Nov. 11.