The Power of Sound: Beethoven & Adams
The Detroit Symphony Orchestra plays Wagner, Beethoven and John Adams on Saturday, May 29, at 8 p.m. at Orchestra Hall in Detroit. Paul Lewis takes on Beethoven's Third Piano Concerto. Tickets run $20.95 to $114.66.
This program is all about time: live music can slow it down, speed it up or make it shudder. Wagner's Lohengrin Prelude brings radiant stillness, and Paul Lewis is known for clarity and patience in Beethoven's Third Piano Concerto. John Adams, inspired by the expressiveness of Wagner, closes with his epic Harmonielehre, full of pulsing, ecstatic motion.
The concert is part of the PVS Classical series. A 30-minute pre-concert talk starts one hour before, with general admission seating in Orchestra Hall. Conductors, musicians and other experts share the story behind the music. Prefer the couch? The same concert streams at 8 p.m. ET on Live from Orchestra Hall, YouTube Live and Facebook Live.
The concert is part of the PVS Classical series. A 30-minute pre-concert talk starts one hour before, with general admission seating in Orchestra Hall. Conductors, musicians and other experts share the story behind the music. Prefer the couch? The same concert streams at 8 p.m. ET on Live from Orchestra Hall, YouTube Live and Facebook Live.
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