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PROGRAM 1

Stewart Robertson, Conductor
Vladimir Feltsman, Piano

Thursday, January 3, 2013
8PM
Waxlax Center for the Performing Arts

Please join us at 7:10PM for Conversations with the Maestro

all-Beethoven

Coriolanus Overture
Symphony No. 1 in C Major, Op. 21
Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major, Op. 73 ‘Emperor’

"...quite simply an amazing pianist!”  -- New York Times

One great composer, three powerhouse works.  Conductor Stewart Robertson and the Atlantic Classical Orchestra kick the 2013 Season off with an all-Beethoven concert drawing attention to the composer’s sheer brilliance in capturing human spirit and emotion. 

Inspired by a play (not Shakespeare), about the dilemma of a heroic political leader torn among the conflicting forces of patriotic impulse, family devotion, and personal pride, Beethoven’s dramatic Overtureto Coriolanus is excellently paired with the contrastingly vibrant and playful Symphony No. 1. A piece praised by his contemporaries as a “masterpiece”, the First Symphony was (and still is), considered “just as beautiful and distinguished in its design as its execution.”  The great Russian pianist, VladimirFeltsman in all his virtuosic flair, rounds out the program with the grand ‘Emperor’ Piano Concerto.  Excerpts of previous Vladimir Feltsman performances can be heard