»I imagined it like this: Brahms woke up one morning and had the blues.« It would be hard to sum it up more aptly and humorously than Brad Mehldau himself: in 2013, the pianist recorded the symphonic jazz album »Variations on a Melancholy Theme«. Tonight he brings the work to the Elbphilharmonie, ably accompanied by the Hamburger Camerata.
PERFORMERS
Hamburger Camerata orchestra
Brad Mehldau piano
Clark Rundell conductor
PROGRAM
Brad Mehldau
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra
- Interval -
Brad Mehldau
Variations on a Melancholy Theme