Soloist Jean-Yves Thibaudet spun a dazzling rendition of Liszt's Second Piano Concerto, which was followed by a limber reading of Beethoven's Fourth Symphony.
An American conductor in charge of music from the New World: a world premiere by Augusta Read Thomas and Charles Ives' celebrated "place pieces" set the scene for a symphony bathed in nostalgia and memories of the Old World.
