George Li plays Saint-Saëns's Piano Concerto No. 2

Verbier Festival 2016

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Cast

George Li — Pianist

Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra

Joshua Weilerstein — Conductor

Program notes

Under the baton of Joshua Weilerstein, the Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra is joined by the rising star pianist George Li for a program of French Romantic music by Saint-Saëns and Bizet. The concert begins with Saint-Saëns's Piano Concerto No. 2, one of the composer's most famous, described by the pianist Sigismund Stojowski as "beginning like Bach and finishing like Offenbach." Next, the musicians perform Bizet's Symphony in C Major, a work composed when he was only 17 years old!

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A closer look: featured composers

Georges Bizet

Frédéric Chopin

Camille Saint-Saëns

Further listening: featured works

Symphony in C Major

Georges Bizet (Composer)

Nocturne No. 20 in C-sharp Minor, Op. Posth.

Frédéric Chopin (Composer)

Appears in

#A new generation of stars... #Masterpieces of Romantic Music #Highlights of the Verbier Festival #French music is fantastique #Verbier's young generation #New generation of pianists #The Verbier Generation: Festival discoveries #Maestros make magic with Verbier's orchestras #Saint-Saëns: The Essentials

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