Rico Saccani & Kun Woo Paik

Rico Saccani & Kun Woo Paik


2020-02-07 Fri 19:30National Concert Hall400 700 1000 1200 1500 2000Buy
Rico Saccani, conductor
Kun Woo Paik, piano

Ludwig van Beethoven: Overture to The Creatures of Prometheus
Robert Schumann: Piano Concerto in A minor, Op.54
Robert Schumann: Symphony No.4 in D minor, Op.120

If composer's personalities are reflected in their work, then concert will be spirited and full of energy. The tumultuous life of the German composer Beethoven, his antisocial behavior and rebellious attitude towards nobility

painted him as the “outraged youth” of his generation. His personality impressed upon his music, giving his music an acute sense of invincibility. Die Geschöpfe des Prometheus, written in 1801, depicts Prometheus’s creation of humanity from clay and his imbuement of our physical forms with emotion and soul. Beethoven’s touch lends the opening overture a robust and arresting sharpness. On the other hand, his compatriot Schumann had no quarrel with society and enjoyed the contentment brought on through creativity. He was a typical conformist of the first half of the nineteenth century. His Piano Concerto in A Minor and his Fourth Symphony, both written in the 1840s, perfectly capture Schumann’s affectionate yet passionate personality.