Auckland Philharmonia and ANAM musicians reunite under the direction of Karl-Heinz Steffens for the next exciting musical chapter of their collaboration bringing together orchestral forces from both sides of the Tasman.
The brilliant 16-year-old Canadian pianist Sophia Liu makes her Australasian debut with Beethoven’s 4th Concerto, a work that begins with the piano ruminating alone but soon broadens out into one of his most genial works.
In Bartók’s ballet The Wooden Prince, a fairy enchants a stream so that a prince cannot cross it to reach his princess — yet he wins her love through a wooden likeness of himself. When composing this sumptuous ballet, Bartok was having a passionate love affair, which left more than slight traces in the music.
Ludwig van BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 4
Béla BARTÓK The Wooden Prince
Karl-Heinz Steffens conductor
Sophia Liu piano
Auckland Philharmonia
ANAM Musicians
Presented by Auckland Philharmonia, in collaboration with the Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM).