Andris Nelsons conducts Mozart & Berlioz
featuring Emanuel Ax, piano
Emanuel Ax
Image credit:
Lisa Marie Mazzucco
Andris Nelsons conducts Mozart & Berlioz
Celebrated for his interpretations of Mozart’s concertos, Emanuel Ax joins Andris Nelsons and the BSO soloist in one of his favorites, No. 22 in E-flat, which contrasts majestic energy with poignant melancholy.
A work powerfully identified with the BSO’s history, Hector Berlioz’s innovative Symphonie fantastique expanded the possibilities of orchestral virtuosity. At the same time, the work virtually defined the Romantic era in music with its passionate narrative of an artist obsessed with the object of his love. Moving from tranquil to feverish, the artist dreams of his own execution and the brilliantly depicted frenzy of a witches’ sabbath.
Celebrated for his interpretations of Mozart’s concertos, Emanuel Ax joins Andris Nelsons and the BSO soloist in one of his favorites, No. 22 in E-flat, which contrasts majestic energy with poignant melancholy.
A work powerfully identified with the BSO’s history, Hector Berlioz’s innovative Symphonie fantastique expanded the possibilities of orchestral virtuosity. At the same time, the work virtually defined the Romantic era in music with its passionate narrative of an artist obsessed with the object of his love. Moving from tranquil to feverish, the artist dreams of his own execution and the brilliantly depicted frenzy of a witches’ sabbath.
