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4 itemsMozart x Piano Concerto No. 25
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart composed 27 piano concertos, with himself in mind as the soloist. Twelve of them were composed after moving from Salzburg to Vienna in 1782, the last of which is featured on tonight’s program. His Piano Concerto No. 25 in C Major, K. 503, is also the longest of this set of...
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5 itemsTchaikovsky x Symphony No. 4
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Tchaikovsky’s music, more than almost any we can think of, goes “straight from the heart to the heart,” to borrow Beethoven’s description of his own music. Tchaikovsky’s melodic gift is second to none, sharing a well-deserved berth along with Mozart, Schubert and Dvořák as classical music’s great...
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Garrop x Berko's Journey (Full Piece)
For most of my life, I never knew where my father’s family came from, beyond a few broad strokes: they had emigrated in the early 1900s from Eastern Europe and altered the family name along the way. This radically changed in the summer of 2021 when my mother and sister came across a folder in our...
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Mozart's Missing Memory: Mission Imagination
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A silly accident prevents Mozart from remembering who he is right before he is about to premiere his new piece! Exploring the repertoire of Mozart and Josef Bologne, students work with the orchestra to teach the master himself the elements of a composition. This concert explores dynamics, pitch, ...
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5 itemsBeethoven x Symphony No. 3
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Akiho x Sculptures (Full Piece)
Composed by GRAMMY®-nominee Andy Akiho, this groundbreaking orchestral work was commissioned by the Omaha Symphony in honor of Ree and Jun Kaneko and serves as a stunning musical tribute to Jun's artistry. This one-of-a-kind recording is not only inspired by Kaneko's prolific sculptures, but also...
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Brahms x A German Requiem (Full Piece)
In the first few days of February 1865, Johannes Brahms received a telegram from his brother, stating “If you want to see our Mother again, come at once.” He immediately left Vienna and arrived in Hamburg February 4th, but Christine Brahms had died of a stroke two days earlier. The loss of his mo...
