Scandinavian Festival: Parker Plays Grieg
Thursday, April 28, 2011, 7:30 pm
Rebecca Cohn Auditorium, Dalhousie Arts Centre
PLEASE NOTE: this concert is almost SOLD OUT! However, due to audience demand, we've now opened the dress rehearsal on Thursday, April 28 at 10:30 am for ticket sales ($18 each, HST included). To purchase, call 494.3820 or click here.
Featuring: Jon Kimura Parker, piano
Bernhard Gueller, conductor
Grieg: Lyric Suite
Grieg: Piano Concerto
Grieg: Peer Gynt
It’s a juggernaut among piano concertos, performed by one of the world’s top pianists. Jon Kimura Parker plays Edvard Grieg’s stirring Piano Concerto, a work that hasn’t been heard in Halifax since 1992.
Then, hear the intricacies of the music from Peer Gynt, including the famous In the Hall of the Mountain King.
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Watch excerpts from a performance of Grieg's Piano Concerto here.
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