Klaus Mäkelä | Igor Levit

Date & Time

Thu, Oct 29, 2020, 20:30

Venue

Igor Levit will continue his residency at the BRSO with Mozart’s “Jeunehomme” Piano Concerto (K 271). To the present day it remains incomprehensible how the 21-year-old Mozart, in his final Salzburg concerto, could indulge his wonted jeu d’esprit while plumbing such precocious spiritual depths as in the tragic C minor slow movement. Originally Yannick Nézet-Séguin was meant to stand at the helm until prevented from travelling by covid regulations. His place will be taken by the 24-year-old Finnish conductor Klaus... Read full text

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Musicians

Klaus Mäkelä	Conductor
Igor Levit	Piano
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks

Program

Concerto for String Orchestra in D major	Igor Stravinsky
Piano Concerto in E flat major, K. 271 (“Jenamy”)	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Divertimento for String Orchestra, Sz 113	Béla Bartók

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