Conrad Tao stars in Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1, a work the composer valued above all his other piano compositions. Under the baton of Nicholas Collon, the program opens with Thomas Adès’s Three-piece Suite from his cheeky chamber opera, Powder Her Face. Edward Elgar’s famed Enigma Variations closes the program with an assortment of melodies depicting his friends.
Enigma Variations
Conrad Tao (Photo: Brantley Gutierrez)
Playlist
Thomas Adès: Three-Piece Suite from Powder Her Face
Nicholas Collon, conductor; San Francisco Symphony
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Opus 23
Conrad Tao, piano
Nicholas Collon, conductor; San Francisco Symphony
Edward Elgar: Enigma Variations, Opus 36
Nicholas Collon, conductor; San Francisco Symphony
