After completing this concerto in 1806, the composer struggled to find anyone to perform it. So the work sat on a shelf, gathering dust, until its public premiere on 22 December 1808. Just imagine ...

Watch Emmanuel Ax and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra perform Beethoven's Piano Concertos 3 and 4 at the Sydney Opera House. Beethoven composed his 3rd and 4th Piano Concertos between 1800 and 1806 – a ...

Music in Its Time - Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 4 Stephen Johnson on Beethoven's decision to unveil three new works at one public concert. 15 mins The Essay Music in Its Time Music in Its Time - ...

Playing a modern grand, the Dutch pianist opens with Beethoven’s revised (1808) version of the great Fourth Piano Concerto. There are over 30 amendments to the better-known original (1806), mainly in ...

The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra opens its 2015 Season with more great music from master composer Beethoven. Following last year’s popular NZSO concert series, Beethoven: The Symphonies, the first ...

For Adam Jackson, the piano represents endless possibilities. “The repertoire that pianists have is just so vast. So many composers wrote some of best music for piano and even composers who didn’t ...

The Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra will perform Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 3 and Dvorak's Symphony No. 9, "From the New World," at its regular ...

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The ASO's Beethoven Piano concerto series continues with Beethoven's Fourth Piano Concerto. Opening the night is the vivacious La Clemenza de Tito: Overture by Mozart. Immediately thereafter you will ...

The ASO's Beethoven Piano concerto series comes to a triumphant end with Beethoven's Piano Concertos No. 5 "The Emperor". Opening the night is Schubert's Symphony No. 5, a modest work for small ...

Pianist Pierre Laurent Aimard is back, this time with the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra behind him. They play the Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4 during a tour concert at the University of Massachusetts.