Alan Gilbert conducts an all-Beethoven program featuring Kirill Gerstein, Joshua Bell, and Steven Isserlis
Tanglewood
Koussevitzky Music Shed, Lenox/Stockbridge, MA
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Alan Gilbert, conductor
Kirill Gerstein, piano
Joshua Bell, violin
Steven Isserlis, cello
ALL-BEETHOVEN PROGRAM
Triple Concerto
-Intermission-
Symphony No. 4
Joshua Bell, Kirill Gerstein, and Steven Isserlis star on all-Beethoven program that features Beethoven's Triple Concerto, a masterpiece that broke new ground in its day, and Beethoven's Symphony No. 4, a thoughtful, intimate work that opens into jubilation.
Performance Details
Aug 4, 2024, 2:30pm EDT
Program Notes & Works
Triple Concerto for Violin, Cello, and Piano in C major, Op. 56
The Triple Concerto has long been the stepchild of Beethoven’s concerto compositions, the work least often played and most severely criticized. To be sure, the presence of three soloists sometimes leads to more repetition than we expect from Beethoven, but at the same time the sheer breadth of the w...
Symphony No. 4 in B-flat, Opus 60
Beethoven’s Fourth Symphony wonderfully combines a relaxed and lyrical element with a mood of exuberantly aggressive high spirits.
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