Radiance and Light
2020-2021 Concerts • 1h 23m
Frederic Chopin’s imaginative Piano Concerto No. 2, performed by Orion Weiss, is at the heart of this concert that also features two bright and brilliant symphonies by contemporaries Chevalier de Saint-Georges and Joseph Haydn.
Program
SAINT-GEORGES
Symphony No. 2 / 11 min
CHOPIN
Piano Concerto No. 2 / 30 min
HAYDN
Symphony No. 94, Surprise / 20 min
Osmo Vänskä, conductor
Orion Weiss, piano
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