Beethoven & Grieg
Michelle Cann, lauded as “exquisite” by The Philadelphia Inquirer, joins the PSO for Edvard Grieg’s majestic piano concerto. Jessie Montgomery’s Records from a Vanishing City is based on her recollections of the music that surrounded her as she grew up on Manhattan’s Lower East Side in the 1980s and 1990s. Ludwig van Beethoven’s second symphony, one of his lesser-known works, brims with positivity.
“Pianist Michelle Cann demonstrated intuition, intelligence, and passion.”
–The Philadelphia Inquirer
Program
Jessie MONTGOMERY / Records from a Vanishing City
Edvard GRIEG / Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 16
Ludwig van BEETHOVEN / Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 36
Key Notes 
- Jessie Montgomery, currently a PhD candidate in music composition at Princeton University, won the 2024 GRAMMY Award® for best contemporary classical composition for her work Rounds.
- Grieg’s piano concerto is among the most performed in the repertoire, and is beloved for its romantic virtuosity.
- Beethoven composed his second symphony while in the midst of reckoning with the profound hearing loss he would suffer from for the rest of his life.
Performers
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