NY Phil: Emanuel Ax, Beethoven, & "The Year 1917"
Thursday, December 1, 2022 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (EST)
Wu Tsai Theater at David Geffen Hall, Lincoln Center,
New York,
NY,
United States
$70.50-$232.50
- Emanuel Ax, piano
- Rafael Payare, guest conductor
William Grant Still
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Darker America
Ludwig van Beethoven — Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 19 (Emanuel Ax, piano)
Dmitri Shostakovich — Symphony No. 12 in D minor, Op. 112 "The Year 1917"
Ludwig van Beethoven — Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 19 (Emanuel Ax, piano)
Dmitri Shostakovich — Symphony No. 12 in D minor, Op. 112 "The Year 1917"
Emanuel Ax performs Beethoven's vivacious Piano Concerto No. 2. Still's Darker America explores themes of sorrow, hope, and prayer in the lives of Black Americans. Shostakovich's Symphony No. 12 gives a dramatic musical account of the Russian Revolution of 1917, and is played by our Orchestra for the first time on these concerts. Rafael Payare conducts.
About Emanuel Ax, piano
About Rafael Payare, guest conductor
Wu Tsai Theater at David Geffen Hall, Lincoln Center
10 Lincoln Center PlazaNew York, NY 10023
United States
https://www.lincolncenter.org/venue/david-geffen-hall/s/Wu%20Tsai%20Theater