Mother's Day Concert - Schedule, Program & Tickets

Eva Gevorgyan, piano
Maria Włoszczowska, conductor
Chamber Orchestra of Europe

Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 45 in F sharp minor Hob. I:45 "Farewell Symphony"
Frédéric Chopin: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2 in F minor, op. 21
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Symphony No. 3 in A minor, op. 56 "Scottish"

"There is something fundamentally peculiar in his piano playing, and at the same time so masterly that he can be called a quite perfect virtuoso": Felix Mendelssohn once wrote about his friend and colleague Frédéric Chopin. Chopin's piano concertos dispense with symphonic confrontations and place the solo part unchallenged at the center: the piano shines like a prima donna with expressive bel canto arias, the orchestra rolls out the red carpet for her - in this case the Russian-Armenian pianist and composer Eva Gevoryan, born in 2004.

When Mendelssohn visited the historic Holyrood Palace in Edinburgh, he noted: "The chapel next to it is now missing its roof, grass and epheu grow in it in abundance, and Mary was crowned Queen of Scots at the broken altar. ... I think I found the beginning of my Scottish Symphony there today." Under the direction of its concertmaster Maria Włoszczowska, the Chamber Orchestra of Europe brings both Mendelssohn and Chopin to life - and begins with Haydn's famous "Farewell Symphony": a morning to indulge in.

Subject to change without notice.