A symphonic poem of exceptional beauty by Cesar Franck. A thrilling, grand-scale performance of a masterwork by Modest Mussorgsky. And a breathtaking rendering of a Mozart piano concerto featuring a young, award-winning pianist.
A symphonic poem of exceptional beauty by Cesar Franck. A thrilling, grand-scale performance of a masterwork by Modest Mussorgsky. And a breathtaking rendering of a Mozart piano concerto featuring a young, award-winning pianist who stepped in to replace a revered keyboard artist in ill health.That is just a brief outline of this past Thursday evening’s thrilling concert by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. And without question the music spoke far louder than any words can possibly suggest.
Then it was on to Mozart’s exquisite “Piano Concerto No. 27 in B-flat Major,” which was composed in 1791, just months before his death at the age of 35, and scored for a reduced orchestra of strings, one flute, two oboes, two bassoons and two horns.Arriving on stage as soloist was tall, pencil-thin Eric Lu, the 24-year-old Massachusetts-born pianist who has won multiple international competitions, performed with many orchestras throughout Europe and the U.
And then came the equally thrilling second half of the concert with a rousing performance of Modest Mussorgsky’s 1874 suite, “Pictures From an Exhibition,” a celebration of the work of the all-too-brief life of his friend, the Russian-bred artist Victor Hartmann. Originally written for piano, it was later brilliantly orchestrated for a grand-scale orchestra by none other than Maurice Ravel.
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