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Colin Matthews, Hidden Variables (Orchestral version)

George Gershwin, Piano Concerto in F Major

1. Allegro

2. Adagio - Andante con moto

3. Allegro agitato

Francis Poulenc, Sonata for piano four hands, FP 8

III. Finale

Dmitri Shostakovich, Symphony No. 5 in D Minor, Op. 47

1. Moderato — Allegro non troppo

2. Allegretto

3. Largo

4. Allegro non troppo

Michael Tilson Thomas conducts Gershwin and Shostakovich — With Yuja Wang

London Symphony Orchestra

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The London Symphony Orchestra is celebrating the 70th birthday of its principal guest conductor, Michael Tilson Thomas, with a program perfectly suited to the musician it honors! It begins with Colin Matthews' 1992 orchestral arrangement of Hidden Variables (an avant-garde work originally composed for chamber ensemble), which MTT - a strong and tireless advocate of contemporary music - commissioned himself. Next, the conductor's frequent musical collaborator, Yuja Wang, pays tribute with a sparkling performance of one of the few piano concertos written by an American composer: Gershwin's Concerto in F Major. Shostakovich's Fifth concludes the concert with an intimate performance that reveals the close relationship between this brilliant conductor and his equally brilliant orchestra.

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