2014 Season
Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 4
Geelong
Friday 27 June 2014 at 8:00pm
Details
Ives Orchestral Set No.2
Beethoven Piano Concerto No.4
Berlioz Symphonie fantastique
Sir Andrew Davis conductor
Emanuel Ax piano
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Chorus
This program features Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No.4, a work tailor-made for the poetic and luminous playing of Emanuel Ax. In its extravagant story of a spurned lover’s imagined revenge and its vivid changes of mood, Berlioz’ Symphonie fantastique is one of the key signposts of the Romantic imagination.
Pre-concert talk at 7pm
Callum Moncrieff will present a talk on the artists and works featured in the program.
Duration
2 hours with 20 minute interval.