Programme

Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major, Op. 73, Emperor

Eduardo Strausser Conductor
Paul Lewis Piano

Out of the destruction and debris of war rose Beethoven’s Fifth Piano Concerto, betraying nothing of the turmoil he was surrounded by when he was writing it. While he likely wouldn’t have approved of the Emperor title, it’s actually a very appropriate name for the piece itself, reflecting the nobility, dignity, poise, regality and mana of the work.