Featured Artists
Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Emanuel Ax
Celebrate Emanuel Ax’s extraordinary career, and his special connection to this Orchestra, with a performance of Beethoven’s Third Piano Concerto, the perfect showcase for this beloved pianist’s “sublime ... strength and warmth of tone” (Limelight).
Fifty years ago, a young pianist made his Philadelphia Orchestra debut amidst a whirlwind series of triumphs including winning the first Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Competition and the Avery Fisher Prize. Emanuel Ax went on to become one of the most celebrated pianists in the world, lauded for his nuanced, graceful interpretations of the classics.
This lovely program offers the listener a choice between two Brahms symphonies: Join us Thursday evening and fall under the spell of the brilliantly moody Fourth or come Friday or Saturday evening to hear the picturesque Third. There’s no bad choice—just pure musical pleasure either way.
Program
Still
Wood Notes
Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 3
Brahms
Symphony No. 4 (Thursday)
Brahms
Symphony No. 3 (Saturday and Sunday)
