Carnegie Hall: Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage57th Street and, 7th Ave, New York City, New York, 10019, United States
Dates/times in New York time zone
Programme
| Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897) | Piano Concerto no. 1 in D minor, Op.15 | |
| Busoni, Ferruccio (1866-1924) | Nun Komm Der Heiden Heiland (Bach BWV659) | |
| Bartók, Béla (1881-1945) | Concerto for Orchestra, Sz 116 |
Performers
| New York Philharmonic | |
| Jaap van Zweden | Conductor |
| Igor Levit | Piano |
Brahms’s First Piano Concerto is a quintessentially Romantic composition that awes with its grand scale, passionate emotion, and muscular piano writing. Igor Levit, “one of the essential artists of his generation” (The New York Times), explores the beauty of this powerful work. Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra thrills with its irresistible virtuosity, vast palette of vibrant orchestral colors, and lively folk-dance rhythms. There’s wit, too; listen for the fourth movement parody of the march from Shostakovich’s Seventh Symphony.