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Michael Tilson Thomas + Leif Ove Andsnes
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NWS Artistic Director Laureate Michael Tilson Thomas returns to the New World Center stage to conduct several performances during the 2023/2024 season. To kick off his season long series, MTT presents a captivating program of works by Olly Wilson, Beethoven and Brahms on Saturday, September 30. He will be joined by pianist Leif Ove Andsnes.
The performance opens with the roaring percussion and brass of Olly Wilson's Shango Memory, a homage to the Nigerian god of thunder. Known for his fresh interpretations of Ludwig van Beethoven’s piano works, Andsnes shines in the composer’s final, majestic concerto, The Emperor. For the grand finale, Brahms’ Piano Quartet was given a symphonic makeover in the hands of Arnold Schoenberg, who dubbed it Brahms’ Fifth Symphony.
Program
Olly Wilson - Shango Memory (1995)
Ludwig van Beethoven - Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 73, "The Emperor" (1809)
Johannes Brahms - Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25 (1861; orchestrated 1937)