Curtis Symphony Orchestra at Immaculata University

Bronfman Plays Bartók at Immaculata University

An award-winning interpretation of Bartók’s technical marvel

Conductor Robert Spano (Conducting ’85) reunites with “force of nature” Yefim Bronfman (Piano ’77) to perform Béla Bartók’s ferocious Second Piano Concerto. Bronfman, a recent addition to the Curtis faculty, won a GRAMMY Award for his recording of the concerto. The program continues with Tchaikovsky’s brooding Fifth Symphony. In this work, resolve and sweeping optimism clash against bouts of steely melancholy.

Program

JULIA PERRY Short Piece for Orchestra

BÉLA BARTÓK Piano Concerto No. 2 in G major, Sz. 95

PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64