NSO: Leonard Slatkin & Emanuel Ax

National Symphony Orchestra

Thursday, November 14, 2024 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (EST)

Concert Hall at John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, DC, United States

$17-$119

Emanuel Ax, piano
Leonard Slatkin, conductor

Cindy McTee — Double Play
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K. 466
William Walton — Symphony No. 1 in B-flat minor

As the New York Times declares, Emanuel Ax's performances are "never less than spellbinding." Experience the power and passion of this modern master live as the seven-time Grammy Award-winner performs Mozart's fierce and far-reaching Piano Concerto No. 20—one of only two the composer wrote in a minor key.

In a fitting concert finale honoring former NSO Music Director Leonard Slatkin's return during his 80th birthday year, Walton's Symphony No. 1 erupts with energy evolving from fear and despair to strength and triumph.

Runs Nov. 14-17.