Xian Zhang leads Beethoven’s “Emperor” Concerto, starring phenomenal pianist and MacArthur “Genius” Fellow Jeremy Denk. The New Jersey Symphony displays its virtuosity in Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique, a fantastic tale of thwarted love, opium dreams and witchcraft.
XIAN ZHANG conductor
JEREMY DENK piano
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BEETHOVEN Overture to The Creatures of Prometheus
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 5, “Emperor”
BERLIOZ Symphonie fantastique
Program originally performed Oct 7–8, 2017. Recorded at NJPAC in Newark.
Broadcast Nov 24, 2017, on WWFM.
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