Mozart & Bruckner

– classic elegance and romantic storms of emotion

Conductor: Anthony Hermus
Soloist, piano: Christian Ihle Hadland

Program
Wolfgang A. Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 26

Anton Bruckner: Symphony No. 7

About the concert
The contrasts in tonight's concert are great, from Mozart's sparkling Coronation Concerto to Bruckner's majestic masterpiece of a symphony, from light-footed piano playing to heartfelt brass chorale.

Twenty years ago, in 2006, Christian Ihle Hadland played Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 26 with the TSO here in Olavshallen. Now the star pianist is back with the same piece on the same concert stage, and we can promise sparkling virtuosity and elegant musicianship in the piano concerto.

The leap is made to Bruckner's Symphony No. 7, his musical memorial to Richard Wagner, who died the same year the symphony was completed. A grand symphony that is both majestic and lyrical, (elegiac and rural,) vulnerable and dramatic – a worthy memorial and Bruckner's greatest success.