In 2027, to celebrate Beethoven’s anniversary, the audience can look forward to a particularly prestigious series of concerts. Star pianist Lang Lang and Andris Nelsons, Music Director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Gewandhauskapellmeister, are inviting the listeners to join them for a festival of Beethoven’s music. In five concerts, they will perform all five Piano Concertos as well as symphonies by the great composer from Bonn. The cycle begins with a performance by the guest musicians from America and combines Beethoven’s First Piano Concerto with Stravinsky’s »Le Sacre du Printemps«. Stravinsky‘s scandalous ballet music is a great showpiece for this acclaimed ensemble from Boston, as the orchestra has a special connection to him that originates from its Koussevitzky years. What is more, Stravinsky himself loved to have his works performed by the BSO.
PERFORMERS
Boston Symphony Orchestra orchestra
Lang Lang piano
Andris Nelsons conductor
PROGRAM
Ludwig van Beethoven
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 1 in C major, Op. 15
- Interval -
Igor Strawinsky
The Rite of Spring (Le sacre du printemps)
