Andris Nelsons conducts Kendall and Beethoven Piano Concertos No. 1 and 3 with Paul Lewis, piano
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Symphony Hall, Boston, MA
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Paul Lewis, piano
Hannah KENDALL The Spark Catchers
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 1
Intermission
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 3
Thursday evening's concert is supported by Janet and Irv Plotkin.
English pianist Paul Lewis takes us on a musical and stylistic adventure through all five of Beethoven’s piano concertos over three concerts. These performances are paired with two poetic journeys: Hannah Kendall’s The Spark Catchers, inspired by imagery from Lemn Sissay’s poem by the same name; and James Lee III’s Freedom’s Genuine Dawn, a BSO co-commission set with texts by the seminal 19th-century African American orator and activist Frederick Douglass.
Please allow additional arrival and entry time before your concert due to MBTA construction at the Symphony Green Line station. Parts of the sidewalk in front of Symphony Hall will be closed Mon-Fri 9:30am–3:30pm until further notice, however sidewalks will reopen two hours before BSO events
Performance Details
Oct 19, 2023, 7:30pm EDT
Featuring
Program Notes & Works
The Spark Catchers
The tingling detail in The Spark Catchers illustrates Kendall's response to a poem about women doing dangerous work in a match factory in the 1880s.
Piano Concerto No. 1 in C, Opus 15
In the pattern familiar to Mozart and most composer/performers, as a soloist Beethoven needed to have a fresh concerto in his repertoire, written to strut his particular stuff.
Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Opus 37
For virtuoso performer-composers like Beethoven, concertos were designed as personal showpieces.
Paul Lewis performs Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 1 at Tanglewood
Complete Beethoven Piano Concertos +
Experience a musical and stylistic journey as English pianist Paul Lewis performs all five of Beethoven's piano concertos over three concerts.
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