Philharmonia Orchestra
International Concert Series Sat 1 Feb 2025, 7:30pm The AnvilProgramme
- Weber
- Overture: Der Freischütz
- Beethoven
- Piano Concerto no. 3
- Dvořák
- Symphony no. 9 (From the New World)
Performers and Cast
- Pierre-Laurent Aimard
- piano
- Manfred Honeck
The opening movement of Beethoven's Third Piano Concerto is full of tension and drama. The slow movement is a lyrical dialogue between the soloist and woodwinds, while the vivacious finale is a rondo, punctuated with quicksilver piano cadenzas, which bounds to a joyful conclusion.
Dvořák’s Symphony No. 9 was inspired by the spirituals and folk music Dvořák heard while he was working in New York in the 1890s. The lullaby-like cor anglais melody of its slow movement is just one of many memorable moments in this mainstay of the orchestral repertoire.
The Philharmonia Orchestra is Anvil Arts' Orchestra in Partnership.
Players
Reviews
An extraordinary experience – beautiful, profoundly intelligent, and funNew York Classical Review (on Pierre-Laurent Aimard)