NACO The Bostonian Bravo Series

Emanuel Ax & Mozart

Wednesday, September 22, 2010, 8:00 pm

Southam Hall

Featuring

• Pinchas Zukerman, conductor/violin
• Emanuel Ax, piano

• MOZART Sonata for Violin and Piano, K. 454

• MOZART Piano Concerto No. 22
• HAYDN Symphony No. 101, "The Clock"

"Ax’s technique was effortless – real pianissimos, perfectly poised trills, a completely idiomatic first-movement cadenza, and soft-as-silk legato,"

enthused San Francisco Classical Voice about this master interpreter of Mozart.

In this performance of the Piano Concerto No. 22 listen especially for the exquisite slow movement, which Mozart had to encore at the premiere. Bracketing the concerto are Mozart’s grandest violin sonata and Haydn’s endlessly inventive "Clock" symphony, nicknamed for its tick- tocking second movement.

Pre-Concert Chat (in English): Author and Maclean’s columnist Paul Wells

Post-Concert Talkback: CBC’s Bill Richardson hosts Pinchas Zukerman and Emanuel Ax

Groups 10+ 613-947-7000 x634 or grp@nac-cna.ca