Mozart with Jan Lisiecki - Gábor Takács-Nagy, Jan Lisiecki

Dirigent Gábor Takács-Nagy was welcomed with much enthusiasm in 2024 at the Antwerp Symphony Orchestra. Now he returns with classical repertoire. Beside him shines the Canadian piano virtuoso Jan Lisiecki in the Piano Concerto no. 22 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, which already touched the hearts of the audience at the premiere under the direction of the composer himself. It asked for an encore of the melancholic Andante, and that was exceptional: usually, one wished for a repetition of the lively last movement. Johannes Brahms dedicated his Haydn variations to the 18th-century composer. But was the theme really by Haydn? Recent research showed it was not, but that does not make the engaging work any less fascinating. Met Beethovens Tweede symphony finally, conductor and orchestra choose a cheerful, life-loving closer for this concert.