Music Director Jader Bignamini leads the Detroit Symphony Orchestra this Friday morning in a performance of Beethoven and Mozart. Joining the ensemble is pianist Francesco Piemontesi, performing Beethoven's Piano Concerto No.1.
Classical IPR will broadcast the concert live on Friday, November 14, starting at 10:40 a.m. Listen on air, through the IPR mobile app, or on your smart speaker or smart TV.
From the DSO: "Mozart’s deeply expressive Symphony No. 40 remains one of his most enduring works. Acclaimed pianist Francesco Piemontesi joins Jader Bignamini for Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 1, full of bold contrasts and playful stylistic turns. This thrilling program begins with Beethoven’s Coriolan Overture, inspired by the heroic character of a Shakespearean tragedy."
About the guest artist: "Francesco Piemontesi is a pianist of exceptional refinement of expression, which is allied to a consummate technical skill. Widely renowned for his interpretation of Mozart and the early Romantic repertoire, Piemontesi’s pianism and sensibility has a close affinity too with the later 19th century and 20th century repertoire of Brahms, Liszt, Dvořák, Ravel, Debussy, Bartók and beyond. Of one of his great teachers and mentors, Alfred Brendel, Piemontesi says that Brendel taught him “to love the detail of things."
The live Detroit Symphony Orchestra broadcasts are a service of WRCJ and Detroit Public TV, in collaboration with WKAR, WCMU, WMUK and Interlochen Public Radio.
The broadcasts are hosted on-site by WRCJ's Dave Wagner and Peter Whorf. Questions or comments about the program or broadcast? Please contact WRCJ.
