Name: Canterbury: Alim Beisembayev plays Beethoven
Start: 2026-05-17T19:30:00
Location: The Marlowe

Alim Beisembayev

Adam Hickox

Philharmonia Orchestra

Child Policy: This performance is not suitable for children under six years old. Children aged 16 and under must be accompanied by a caregiver who attends the event with the child. Conductor --- Karl-Heinz Steffens Cello --- Anastasia Kobekina Grieg --- Peer Gynt: Suite No.1 Shostakovich --- Cello Concerto No.1 Haydn --- Symphony No.97 Beginning with the clean tranquillity of Morning, Grieg's first suite from his music to the play Peer Gynt ends in its hero's escape from the terrifying Mountain King. Shostakovich's darkly glittering concerto is a searching insight into the soul of the cello and into the soul of its composer. It's played by the blazing Russian cellist Anastasia Kobekina, making her New Zealand debut. Like all Haydn's late symphonies, his 97th is joyful, energetic, and never less than life-affirming.

Auckland Philharmonia: Haydn & Shostakovich

Auckland Town Hall

Beethoven’s Fourth Piano Concerto is a masterpiece in piano music writing, a deeply intimate work that remains one of the composer’s best loved. Tonight, we hear it in the hands of Alim Beisembayev, winner of the prestigious Leeds International Piano Competition in 2017. 

Canterbury: Alim Beisembayev plays Beethoven

The Marlowe

Mitsuko Uchida - Beethoven - Piano Concerto No 4 in G major, Op 58

Beethoven - Piano Concerto No 4 - Zimerman, Wiener Philharmoniker, Bernstein (1989)

Piano Concerto No. 4

Symphony No. 1

Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage Overture