Emanuel Ax Plays Beethoven

The renowned Emanuel Ax performs one of Beethoven’s early piano concertos, the Piano Concerto No. 2, an astonishing piece of music shot through with the composer’s deep knowledge and love of the Mozart concertos, but also overflowing with new ideas and sometimes wild musical surprises. Plus, experience a US premiere called Time (co-commissioned by the SDSO) by Thomas Larcher, one of Europe’s leading composers, whose atmospheric music is both begu...