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Nagano & Blechacz

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Sat, Nov 23, 2024, 20:00
»I went on stage, and this big black thing was standing there … with gold inside and long, open strings—I felt like I was in a movie! So I stood on the piano bench and first I took a look inside.« That’s how the Portuguese pianist Maria João Pires recalls her first performance when she was five. She is proud that music never became a job, but remained a calling. A grande dame whose playing has lost none of its grace and virtuosity, even at the age of eighty.

Keywords: Symphony Concert

Info & Ticket (www.dso-berlin.de)
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Musicians

Kent NaganoConductor
Rafał BlechaczPiano
Frauke RossFlute
Péter KányaTuba
Dirk WedmannPiano
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

Program

›Dona nobis pacem‹ – Composition No. 1 for Piccolo, Tuba and PianoGalina Ustwolskaja
Klavierkonzert Nr. 23 A-DurWolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 6 in F major ›Pastorale‹Ludwig van Beethoven
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