(Source: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra) Posted by Joyce DeFrancesco Manfred Honeck leads the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, pianist Yulianna Avdeeva and guest vocalists in a program of classical heavyweights during BNY Mellon Grand Classics: Emperor Concerto on December 4 and 6 at Heinz Hall. Featuring the Coronation Mass, the Unfinished Symphony and the Emperor Concerto, this weekend's classical period works are all well-loved and coined with nicknames not given by the composers themselves, but later added to suit their character. The 'Emperor' is Beethoven's last piano concerto, dedicated to his patron and pupil, Archduke Rudolf, and written while Napoleon Bonaparte attacked Vienna, where...
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