Mozart & Mischief
Mozart & Mischief
Thu
19:30
2 Oct 2025
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Conductor Shiyeon Sung
Piano Benjamin Grosvenor
Respighi (after Rossini) La boutique fantasque
Mozart Piano Concerto No.21
Shostakovich Symphony No.9
Est. running time one hour and 35 minutes including a 20-minute interval
Shiyeon Sung opens a musical toybox. For Respighi’s ballet about magical dolls that come to life, he unearthed some piano pieces which Rossini had written for his own amusement and clothed them in sparkling orchestration.
Mozart’s concerto is a blend of the playful and the reflective, for which Benjamin Grosvenor is the perfect musician. Shostakovich’s Ninth Symphony is, on face value, lively clowning and frivolity, but there are hints of irony, suggesting hidden depths.
Notes Fund - Music for this concert has been supported by Sally Rich
