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Schubert's Unfinished Symphony with New York Philharmonic, Boston Symphony Orchestra, and more

Oct 5, 2023 at 7:30 PM  ·  David Geffen Hall, New York, NY David Geffen Hall, New York, NY

Schubert's Unfinished Symphony
Oct 5
Schubert's Unfinished Symphony
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The New York Philharmonic is a leading cultural orchestra in New York City with over 180 years of innovation. Each season it reaches up to 50 million listeners through live concerts worldwide, broadcasts, recordings, and education programs.
Boston Symphony Orchestra, founded in 1881, is a leading U.S. symphonic ensemble. Known for 20th-century RCA Victor recordings and for Koussevitsky’s premieres of Stravinsky’s Symphony of Psalms and Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra, plus Tanglewood.
Andris Nelsons is Music Director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Gewandhauskapellmeister of the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. A Grammy-winning conductor, he recorded Shostakovich symphonies and Lady Macbeth, earning four Grammys.
Ludwig van Beethoven, a German composer and pianist from Bonn, bridged the Classical and Romantic eras with his innovative, emotionally intense music. Renowned for works like the "Moonlight Sonata," Fifth Symphony, and Ninth Symphony, he revolutionized instrumental music, elevating it to high art. He continued composing despite profound deafness.
Franz Schubert (1797-1828), born in Vienna, Austria, was a pivotal Austrian composer bridging Classical and Romantic eras. Renowned for lyrical melodies and emotional depth, he mastered Lieder, chamber music, and symphonies. His vast output includes "Ave Maria," "Erlkönig," and the "Unfinished Symphony." Schubert's timeless compositions are continually performed and recorded, profoundly influencing classical music.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), born in Salzburg, Austria, was a classical child prodigy. He composed over 600 masterpieces across genres like opera, symphony, and chamber music. Known for his elegant, balanced style, his famous works include "The Marriage of Figaro," "Don Giovanni," "The Magic Flute," and Symphony No. 40. He is considered one of Western music's greatest composers.
Richard Strauss, born in Munich, Germany, was a leading late Romantic and early Modern German composer and conductor. Renowned for his tone poems, including "Also sprach Zarathustra", and operas like "Der Rosenkavalier", he mastered orchestral and vocal composition. Strauss collaborated notably with librettist Hugo von Hofmannsthal. He was also a successful conductor of orchestras and director of opera houses.
Amsterdam-born conductor and former violinist Jaap van Zweden rose as Concertgebouw co-concertmaster at 18 and won a 1984 Edison Award. Music director of the New York Philharmonic and Hong Kong Philharmonic; co-founded the Papageno Foundation for autism music therapy.
Born in Litoměřice, Czechoslovakia, pianist Rudolf Buchbinder grew up in Austria and trained at the Vienna Academy. A specialist in Haydn to Brahms, he recorded Haydn’s complete piano sonatas in the 1970s and won ECHO Klassik Instrumentalist of the Year.
Beethoven's "Emperor" Concerto, his last piano concerto, was composed in Vienna in 1809. This classical masterpiece embodies his heroic period with bold grandeur and innovative structure. Celebrated for its profound beauty and revolutionary approach to the concerto form, it stands as an enduring and influential work in classical music.

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