Richard Strauss has a reputation for big music. He fills the stage with instruments and takes on bold subjects and ambitious musical forms. And it's all on show in An Alpine Symphony. Strauss calls for 120 musicians, including 20 horns (4 or 5 is the norm!), and he takes you on a breathtaking journey that brings nature - and the mountaintop - into the concert hall.In this concert, our principal conductor Vladimir Ashkenazy is joined by one of the world's most distinguished pianists, Stephen Kovacevich, playing music by Beethoven. This revolutionary music is lyrical and exhilarating, powerful and poetic - the creation of a composer at the pinnacle of inventiveness.BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No.4R STRAUSS An Alpine SymphonyVladimir Ashkenazy conductorStephen Kovacevich piano
Event Details
Saturday, February 18, 2012
Headline Artist: Stephen Kovacevich
Venue: Opera House
1 Macquarie Street
2000
Sydney
AU
Artists Performing at this Event
Stephen Kovacevich has had a long and distinguished career as a concert pianist and is particularly renowned for his interpretations of Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert and Brahms.
Vladimir Davidovich Ashkenazy (sometimes transliterated Ashkenazi) (Russian: Влади́мир Дави́дович А́шкенази) (born July 6, 1937) is a Russian conductor and, more notably, a pianist.
1932 was a momentous year for Sydney. The Sydney Harbour Bridge, an engineering miracle of the day was opened in March.