Poster Pianist Jeremy Denk
Pianist Jeremy Denk
Michael Wilson
The SPCO

Listen to the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra with Jeremy Denk, live in concert

On Friday, Oct. 7, starting at 11 a.m., join host Alison Young for a broadcast of the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra in concert, live from the Ordway Music Theater in downtown St. Paul.

MacArthur Fellow and Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Artistic Partner Jeremy Denk leads from the keyboard on Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 23. Denk also joins SPCO violists for two chamber works, one written by Robert Schumann and the other inspired by him. SPCO musicians lead a performance of Franz Schubert's Second Symphony, one of the composer's quintessential early works, written when he was just 18 years old.

Program

Robert Schumann
Fairy-Tale Pictures for Viola and Piano
Maiya Papach, viola
Jeremy Denk, piano

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 23
Jeremy Denk, director and piano

György Kurtág
Homage a R. Sch. for Clarinet, Viola and Piano
Alexander Fiterstein, clarinet
Hyobi Sim, viola
Jeremy Denk, piano

Franz Schubert
Symphony No. 2

Listen to the live broadcast of this concert on Friday, Oct. 7, starting at 11 a.m. Alison Young hosts.

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