Emanuel Ax plays Beethoven’s “Emperor” Piano Concerto on the “Evening Concert”

Tonight at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Emanuel Ax is the soloist in Beethoven’s “Emperor” Piano Concerto. Music Director Manfred Honeck conducts. Also on the program Berlioz’s “Te Deum”.

Wednesday March 27: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra (PSO 18-19_14)

Manfred Honeck, conductor; Paul Appleby, tenor; Larry Allen, organ; Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh; Matthew Mehaffey, director; Pittsburgh Youth Chorus; Shawn Funk, director

BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 5, “Emperor”; Emanuel Ax, piano;

[Encore: Robert Schumann’s “Widmung”; Emanuel Ax, piano; Paul Appleby, tenor]

[Fill: excerpt from Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5; Manfred Honeck, conductor];

BERLIOZ: Te Deum