Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 21: Masterworks

Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 21: Masterworks

Wagner (Humperdinck): Siegfried’s Rhine Journey
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 21
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 15

You may never hear Richard Wagner’s massive, four-opera Ring of the Nibelung in full, so enjoy it in digestible nuggets, such as this performance of Siegfried’s Rhine Journey. In partnership with the Cleveland International Piano Competition, prize winner Evren Ozel brings sparkling grace to Mozart’s delightful Piano Concerto No. 21. The evening ends with Shostakovich’s final Symphony No. 15, a bold and introspective work that combines wit and a haunting sense of reflection in his final symphony.

We’re full of surprises. Most Masterworks concerts have a surprise inside – a short mystery piece that connects to the program in an unexpected way. Each one is Michael Francis’ little secret.

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Richard Wagner
(1813 – 1883)
arr. Humperdinck
Siegfried’s Rhine Journey (Rheinfahrt) from Götterdammerung

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 
(1756 – 1791)
Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major, K.467 (Elvira Madigan)
I. Allegro
II. Andante
III. Allegro vivace assai

Intermission

Dimitri Shostakovich 
(1906 – 1975
Symphony No. 15 in A Major, Op.141)
I. Allegretto
II. Adagio
III. Allegretto
IV. Adagio; Allegretto

Program Notes

Author Kurt Loft, freelance writer and former music critic for The Tampa Tribune, provides detailed and informative program notes about the pieces on this program. Click here to read online.

Printable Program

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Audio Program Notes

Artists

Learn more about the artists performing on this program.

Thank you to TFO board members Gary Satterfield and William Anderson – generous sponsors of guest pianist Evren Ozel

Saturday’s concert is dedicated to the memory of
Alice Emmet
who passed away this week at age 100.

Her love of classical music and support of TFO
live on through her daughter, past Board Chair Janet Paroo,
her family and all she inspired.

Evren Ozel plays the Steinway Piano from the Music Gallery, exclusive agents for Steinway & Sons.

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