Yo-Yo Ma
Emanuel Ax

CELEBRATING CHOPIN AND SCHUMANN AT 200

Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage (Seating Chart)
Friday, January 29, 2010 at 8 PM

This concert is part of the Great Artists I series.

Tickets from $51 - $159

Program

This bicentenary celebration features Romantic music for cello and piano, written by two great pianist-composers. But the dark tone of the instrument suits their music perfectly. The celebrated performers also present a searching new work by one of the most thoughtful and passionate composers living today.

Program Details

Yo-Yo Ma, Cello
Emanuel Ax, Piano

SCHUMANN	Adagio and Allegro, Op. 70
SCHUMANN	Five Pieces in Folk Style, Op. 102
PETER LIEBERSON	Remembering Schumann (NY Premiere, co-commissioned by Carnegie Hall)
CHOPIN	Polonaise brillante in C Major, Op. 3
SCHUMANN	Fantasiestücke, Op. 73
CHOPIN	Cello Sonata in G Minor, Op. 65

Listen In!

Pianist Emanuel Ax talks about his teenage years spent sneaking into Carnegie Hall to hear rehearsals and sleeping on the sidewalk for a chance at Horowitz tickets. He also recalls a few lessons he learned about Beethoven—lessons a performer might not know from merely reading a score.

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