András Schiff performs Beethoven
Myung-whun Chung conducts Brahms and Weber
Sir András Schiff joins the Concertgebouw Orchestra in Beethoven’s Fourth Piano Concerto. In addition, Myung-whun Chung conducts Brahms’ Fourth Symphony and Weber’s Overture to Der Freischütz.
In his intensely melancholic Fourth Symphony, Brahms’s mastery as a composer reaches unprecedented heights.
Concert programme
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Carl Maria Weber
‘Der Freischütz’ Overture
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 4
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Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 4
Performers
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Myung-whun Chung
conductor
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András Schiff
piano
About this concert
Versatile, sensitive, intelligent: Sir András Schiff has long been regarded as one of the world’s greatest pianists. He has appeared multiple times as a soloist with the Concertgebouw Orchestra since 1985. Now, after a twenty-year absence, he returns to perform Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4, considered by many to be Beethoven’s finest. Yet it would take an astounding twenty-five years before audiences heard a decent performance of the work and realised what a masterpiece it actually is.
The South Korean maestro Myung-whun Chung will then be conducting the crowning glory of Brahms’ symphonic œuvre, the Symphony No. 4, in which the composer pays homage to his predecessors Johann Sebastian Bach and Ludwig van Beethoven. In his intensely melancholic Fourth Symphony, Brahms’s mastery as a composer reaches unprecedented heights.
Dates and tickets
About this concert
Versatile, sensitive, intelligent: Sir András Schiff has long been regarded as one of the world’s greatest pianists. He has appeared multiple times as a soloist with the Concertgebouw Orchestra since 1985. Now, after a twenty-year absence, he returns to perform Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4, considered by many to be Beethoven’s finest. Yet it would take an astounding twenty-five years before audiences heard a decent performance of the work and realised what a masterpiece it actually is.
The South Korean maestro Myung-whun Chung will then be conducting the crowning glory of Brahms’ symphonic œuvre, the Symphony No. 4, in which the composer pays homage to his predecessors Johann Sebastian Bach and Ludwig van Beethoven. In his intensely melancholic Fourth Symphony, Brahms’s mastery as a composer reaches unprecedented heights.