Berlin Philharmonic New Year’s Eve Gala

For his performance at this year’s New Year’s Eve Gala, pianist Menahem Pressler, returns to Mozart: the Piano Concerto in A major, K. 488, composed during Mozart’s prime in Vienna and one of his most beautiful contributions to the genre.

Having made history in recording and interpretation for more than half a century, Pressler, the grand seigneur of piano made his long-overdue debut at the Berliner Philharmonie in January 2014 with Mozart’s Piano Concerto in G major, K. 453, prompting a standing ovation from the audience.

The concert will open with Sir Simon Rattle conducting music by Jean-Philippe Rameau: a suite of instrumental pieces from the opéra-ballet Les Indes galantes show French baroque music at its finest. Following the intermission, the build-up to the new year will continue at a lively Slavic pace, with an orchestral suite from Zoltán Kodály’s charming folk opera Háry János as well as a selection from the popular Slavonic Dances by Antonín Dvořák.

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