The Academy of St Martin in the Fields is joined by Bruce Liu, first prize winner of the 18th Chopin Piano Competition, for a tour of the USA with a programme featuring Shostakovich’s witty and brilliant Piano Concerto No. 1 and Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 9 “Jeunehomme” or “Jenamy,” named by Alfred Brendel as “one of the greatest wonders of the world.”
Programme includes:
- CPE Bach Symphony in G major, H.655
- Shostakovich Piano Concerto No.1 in C minor, Op.35
- Janacek arr. R. Tognetti String Quartet no1 ‘Kreutzer Sonata’
- Mozart Symphony No.15 in G major, K.124
- Copland Quiet City
- Mozart Piano Concerto No.9 in Eb major, K.271 ‘Jenamy’
- Adams Shaker Loops
- Haydn Symphony No.29 in E major