Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment - Mozart's Eroica

Information for Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment - Mozart's Eroica at Southbank Centre, West End (Concert). The OAE is much more than one of the world's pre-eminent period instrument ensembles. It works regularly with conductors who specialise in both early music and the modern repertoire, and has explored the work of composers from Bach to Mahler, Handel to Borodin. Tonight's concert sees a pair of Mozart's greatest piano concertos being performed by one of the world's greatest pianists, Andras Schiff. The Ninth Piano Concerto was dubbed 'Mozart's Eroica' by none other than Albert Einstein, and the work contains a sublime and tender middle movement contained by two feisty outer movements. Piano Concerto No.24 is perhaps better known and builds out of a spectacularly moody and muscular opening. The evening's musical sandwich is one of Haydn's typically fresh and zesty symphonies, though again dark menacing undertones can be heard underneath the bright melodies. Queen Elizabeth Hall

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Listing: L1895105795
Production: T1867682696
Event: S02104688001
Venue: V423
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