Concertgebouw Orchestra with Jean-Yves Thibaudet

Date & Time

Thu, May 1, 2025, 20:15

Venue

Het Concertgebouw, Main Hall (Amsterdam)

The Estonian conductor Paavo Järvi is in his element with repertoire from Northern and Eastern Europe, and this programme features three such works. Vesper (Poem) by his compatriot Ester Mägi (b. 1922, d. 2021), ‘the first lady of Estonian music’, is a poetic work for strings inspired by St John’s Church in Tallinn.The Khachaturian Piano Concerto is proof that colourful, vibrant music was indeed written in the Soviet era. The work is imbued with the influence of Armenian folk music.... Read full text

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Musicians

Concertgebouw Orchestra
Paavo Järvi	Conductor
Jean-Yves Thibaudet	Piano

Program

Vesper	Mägi
Pianoconcert in D-flat major	Chatsjatoerjan
Petrushka	Igor Stravinsky

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