FLORIDA BLUE CLASSICAL SERIES
Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART • Piano Concerto No. 24, K. 491
Jean SIBELIUS • Symphony No. 1
Courtney Lewis, conductor Haskell Endowed Chair
Conrad Tao, piano
The New York Times said, “Conrad Tao was never just another prodigy.” This young phenom is certain to bring new life and ideas to Mozart’s C minor Concerto, a piece so outside the conventions of the day that more than a few Viennese eyebrows were certainly raised at its 1786 premiere. Courtney Lewis notches another Sibelius symphony en route to a complete cycle with the Finnish composer’s First Symphony, a work with traces of Tchaikovsky yet distinct with Sibelius’ voice.