Contemporary, classical or neoclassical? American Peter Lieberson’s breakthrough work from the 1980s is like a small symphony, and a particularly beautiful one, as one reviewer of the premiere put it. Beethoven’s Fifth, on the other hand, is a quintessential classic, with a driving theme that has become a shared heritage for all Western listeners. Finnish-born American virtuoso Mackenzie Melemed gives a performance of Einar Englund’s rarely heard First Piano Concerto, the intense defiance of which looks firmly in the direction of the Russian masters of the 20th century.

Tickets on sale Wednesday 3rd of May at 10 am.