The month of January was named after the Roman god Janus, patron of transitions and duality, of the intersection between past and present. January’s NSO Showcase program is thus a study in contrasts. Brahms’ “Tragic” Overture is followed by Mozart’s ebullient Eine Kleine Nachtmusik. We’ll hear the late American pianist Nicholas Angelich in his NSO debut, performing Schumann’s romantic Piano Concerto. This eclectic program ends with Shostakovich’s experimental 6th Symphony, a defiant comment on life in Russia during the Stalin years.
Show Notes
To read more about the program, check out Nicole Lacroix's blog post on Classical Score here.
Program
Gianandrea Noseda, conductor
National Symphony Orchestra
Johannes Brahms
Tragic Overture
W. A. Mozart
Eine kleine Nachtmusik
Robert Schumann
Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54
Nicholas Angelich, piano
Dmitri Shostakovich
Symphony No.6 in B minor, Op. 54