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RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra 2011-2012 Season
THE POWER AND THE GLORY
Sunday 26 February, 3.30pm ~ please note day & time
at the National Concert Hall
BEETHOVEN
Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat, Op. 19 [28']
Leonora Overture No. 3, Op. 72b [14']
Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37 [34']
Finghin Collins piano
Alexander Briger conductor
'I don't want to know anything about your whole system of ethics. Power is the morality of men who stand out from the rest, and it is also mine,' wrote the young firebrand from Bonn who took audiences by the scruff of the neck with these startling early masterpieces. Beethoven nods to Mozart in the Second Piano Concerto and competes with him in the Third: Beethoven rising...
Read what Finghin says
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POST-CONCERT TALK
Post-concert talk with the performers in the John Field Room
Tickets: €10, €18, €24, €30, €35 (conc. €9, €16, €22, €27, €32)
Booking: 01 417 0000 or online
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