The Mainly Mozart All-Star Festival | Opening Night | Mozart Piano Concerto 21 & Beethoven 6
For over 30 years, the Mainly Mozart All-Star Orchestra has been home to the largest gathering of Concertmasters and Principal Players in the United States. Experience North America’s top orchestral performers back together again, on one stage. The evening’s program features piano soloist George Li.
Praised by The Washington Post for combining “staggering technical prowess, a sense of command and depth of expression,” pianist George Li possesses an effortless grace, poised authority, and brilliant virtuosity far beyond his years. Since winning the Silver Medal at the 2015 International Tchaikovsky Competition, Li has rapidly established a major international reputation and performs regularly with some of the world’s leading orchestras and conductors, such as Dudamel, Gaffigan, Gergiev, Gimeno, Honeck, Orozco-Estrada, Petrenko, Robertson, Slatkin, Temirkanov, Tilson Thomas, Long Yu, and Xian Zhang.
Program:
Mozart – Piano Concerto No. 21, K. 467 26’
I. Allegro 13’
II. Andante 6’
III. Allegro vivace assai 7’
Beethoven – Symphony No. 6 39’
I. Erwachen heiterer Empfindungen bei der Ankunft aud dem Lande 9’
II. Szebe am Bach 12’
III. Lustiges Zusammensein der Landleute 5’
IV. Gewitter, Sturm (Thunderstorm) 4’
V. Hirtengesang, frohe und dankbare Gefühle nach dem Sturm 9’
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Photographer: J Kat Photo
