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Emanuel Ax Plays Beethoven’s Fourth Piano Concerto

March 21, 2024, 10:00 pm

Emanuel Ax (Photo: Nigel Parry)

Emmanuel Ax is the soloist in Beethoven’s Fourth Piano Concerto. The Unanswered Question by Charles Ives opens this program, which also features a pair of symphonies: The Op. 21 symphony by Anton Webern, and the Symphony No. 2 by Robert Schumann — a favorite of Mr. Gilbert’s.

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Charles Ives: The Unanswered Question

Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G-major, Op. 58
Emanuel Ax, piano

Anton Webern: Symphony, Op. 21

Robert Schumann: Symphony No. 2 in C-major, Op. 61

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