Munich Philharmonic: Beethovenfeaturing Mao Fujita (piano), conducted by Lahav Shani
The sound of cannon fire outside the city gates, political upheaval in the air: Ludwig van Beethoven wrote his Piano Concerto No 5 in a war-scarred Vienna. It was in this ominous period that music of overwhelming power emerged.
The sound of cannon fire outside the city gates, political upheaval in the air: Ludwig van Beethoven wrote his Piano Concerto No 5 in a war-scarred Vienna. It was in this ominous period that music of overwhelming power emerged.
The soloist enters the scene without preamble, heroic and self-assured, shifting between radiant grandeur and profound tranquillity – a soundscape oscillating between hope and struggle. The acclaimed Japanese pianist Mao Fujita brings this monumental work to life. There is a famous anecdote about how Beethoven, incensed at Napoleon’s self-proclamation as emperor, furiously scratched the original dedicatee’s name off the title page. What was initially intended as a tribute to Napoleon became a musical indictment of the abuse of power and tyranny. With his Symphony No 3, Beethoven created a work of revolutionary power – passionate, radical and electrifying to this day.
With
- Conductor: Lahav Shani
- Piano: Mao Fujita
- Munich Philharmonic
Programme
- Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 5 in E-flat major, Op 73
- Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No 3 in E-flat major, Op 55, Eroica
