Auckland Philharmonia: Beethoven's Piano No.4

Child Policy: This performance is not suitable for children under six years old. Children aged 16 and under must be accompanied by a caregiver who attends the event with the child. Conductor --- Karl-Heinz Steffens Piano --- Sophia Liu With musicians from the Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM) Beethoven --- Piano Concerto No.4 Bartók --- The Wooden Prince (complete ballet) The brilliant 17-year-old Canadian pianist Sophia Liu makes her Australasian debut with Beethoven's concerto. It begins with the piano ruminating alone but soon broadens out into one of his most genial works. A fairy enchants a stream so a prince cannot cross it to see his princess; he wins her with a wooden model of himself. When composing this sumptuous ballet, Bartók was having a passionate love affair, which left more than slight traces in the music.