Michael Francis, conductor
Anne-Marie McDermott, piano
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 23
Mahler: Symphony No. 5
Michael Francis conducts Gustav Mahler’s Fifth Symphony, a personal journey mirroring scenes from Mahler’s life. His “greatest hit” is the tender Adagietto of the fourth movement. For strings and harp alone, it’s a love song to his future wife, Alma, and some of the most beautiful music ever written. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart specialist Anne-Marie McDermott performs Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 23, one of his most popular – including with the composer himself. He kept it in a personal stash of “compositions that I keep for myself or for a small circle of music lovers and connoisseurs.”
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