Beethoven’s Symphony #2 by Filarmónica de Medellín

Filarmed de Medellín, our orchestra, will perform the little gem, Beethoven’s Symphony #2, rarely heard in concert, and the very big Grieg Piano Concerto in A minor, a crowd pleaser from the great nationalist composer of Norway.

The featured piano soloist is the charismatic Javier Perianes visiting us from Spain.

Grieg comes from a Scottish family,  his father being the British ambassador to Norway, then a loosely held part of Sweden. Much of Grieg’s music established a Norwegian sound and it was used to rally the political forces looking to create an independent Norwegian nation.

In the Piano Concert in A minor you can hear the strivings for an independent identity and Grieg used many local folk tunes to bring this out.