Concerts · Alabama Symphony Orchestra
Saturday, May 22, 2027 · 7:00 PM
The Emperor & The Revolutionary
Alabama Symphony Orchestra · UAB's Alys Stephens Center — Jemison Concert Hall · Birmingham, Alabama
Program
- Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka Ruslan and Ludmilla Overture from Ruslan and Lyudmila, G.xiv
- Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major, Op. 73 "Emperor"
- Dmitri Shostakovich Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47
Artists
- Christopher Confessore Conductor
- Joyce Yang Soloist, Piano
Running time: about 1 h 49 min including an intermission (estimate from the works' usual timings)
Worth the drive: Glinka's dazzling curtain-raiser for his opera Ruslan and Lyudmila, prized as a five-minute showcase of orchestral speed and precision. More about Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka's Ruslan and Lyudmila, G.xiv →
About this concert
Pianist Joyce Yang joins the Alabama Symphony for Beethoven's monumental "Emperor" Concerto, alongside Shostakovich's turbulent Symphony No. 5, with Resident Conductor Christopher Confessore leading the season finale that opens with Glinka's Ruslan and Lyudmila Overture.
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