Courtney Lewis, Music Director
Haskell Endowed Chair
Conrad Tao, Piano
Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART |
Piano Concerto No. 24 |
Jean SIBELIUS |
Symphony No. 1 |
The New York Times said, “Conrad Tao was never just another prodigy.” This young phenom is certain to bring new life and ideas to Mozart’s C minor Concerto, a piece so outside the conventions of the day that more than a few Viennese eyebrows were certainly raised at its 1786 premiere. Courtney Lewis notches another Sibelius symphony en route to a complete cycle with the Finnish composer’s First Symphony, a work with traces of Tchaikovsky yet distinct with Sibelius’ voice.