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Vivid narratives animate a program that is at once intimate, playful, and intense. In the Piano Concerto No. 4, Ludwig van Beethoven diverges from his hallmark heroism with a piece that transforms solitary introspection into ebullient joy. The Monterey Symphony is joined by pianist Jonathan Biss, an artist the Chicago Tribune calls "one of today's foremost Beethoven exponents." A mischievous trickster gets himself in hot water in Richard Strauss's dazzling tone poem Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks. The concert concludes with a disturbing tale of violence and obsession in the suite from Béla Bartók's expressionist ballet The Miraculous Mandarin.

PROGRAM:

BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 4, in G [Running Time 34']

Jonathan Biss, piano

——intermission——

Richard STRAUSS Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks [15']

BARTÓK The Miraculous Mandarin Suite [20']

Tickets: Tier 1 $90 / Tier 2 $70 / Tier 3 $50 / Student, Teachers & Military $12 (Tier 3 only)