Prague, Golden City of Music

Season finale in concert of music written in or for Prague at the end of the 18th century.

The program will include Symphony No. 38, ‘Prague’ by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Symphony in D by Josef Mysliveček; Piano Concerto No. 1, Opus 15 by Ludwig van Beethoven with pianist Bart van Oort and Sounds of Moldavia Waltz by Johann Strauss, Sr. The concert will be conducted by Thomas Crawford.

Dutch pianist Bart Van Oort makes his ACO debut with this concert. A leading authority in performance practice on early pianos, he is a professor at the Royal Academy in The Hague. Mr. Van Oort will perform on a replica of a 1791 Anton Walter fortepiano as played by Beethoven.