Sir Antonio Pappano conducts Beethoven and Bruckner — With Yunchan Lim

Yunchan Lim—the youngest pianist in history to win the gold medal at the prestigious Van Cliburn International Competition in 2022—joins Sir Antonio Pappano and the Verbier Festival Orchestra in an extravagant program devoted to Bruckner and Beethoven. The pianist performs Beethoven's famed Emperor Piano Concerto No. 5, composed during the Napoleonic Wars and notable for its juxtaposition of extremes: the raw energy of the ensemble subsides at times into a mysterious, haunting calm that requires total control on the part of the ensemble and the pianist. Beethoven is followed by Bruckner's Ninth Symphony, the Austrian composer's last unfinished masterpiece dedicated to God, which brims with dramatic tension throughout.

Yunchan Lim appears courtesy of Decca Classics. Sir Antonio Pappano appears courtesy of Warner Classics.
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