Chamber Music & Orchestra

Mahler Chamber Orchestra
Mitsuko Uchida, piano and director

José Maria Blumenschein, concertmaster and leader

MOZART Piano Concerto No. 17 in G major, K. 453
JÖRG WIDMANN String Quartet No. 2, Choralquartett (arr. for chamber orchestra)
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 22 in E-flat major, K. 482

In a continuing creative partnership enthusiastically received by audiences around the world, Mitsuko Uchida returns with co-conspirators, the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, for another concert in their series highlighting Mozart’s piano concertos. Leading the ensemble from the keyboard, Uchida performs two concertos that reveal the composer’s complex and contrasting sensibilities: in both the Concerto No. 17 in G major and No. 22 in E-flat major, gaiety coexists with melancholy, and the profound tangles with the carefree. An international ensemble with flexible membership, the MCO has earned a reputation for playing even the most substantial repertoire with the intimacy and subtlety of chamber music—and here also performs a chamber orchestra arrangement of Jörg Widmann’s atmospheric String Quartet No 2. Together, the artists’ March 2022 concert at Zellerbach Hall was an unforgettable season highlight. “An ideal match—a pianist of impeccable Mozartean credentials and an orchestra of acute sensitivity and musical awareness” (The Guardian).

This event is part of Mitsuko Uchida as Artist in Residence

Mar 24, 2024, 3pm
Add to Calendar 03/24/2024 03:00 pm 03/24/2024 04:30 pm America/Los_Angeles Mahler Chamber Orchestra; Mitsuko Uchida, piano and director; José Maria Blumenschein, concertmaster and leader https://calperformances.org/events/2023-24/chamber-music-orchestra/mahler-chamber-orchestra-mitsuko-uchida-piano-and-director-jose-maria-blumenschein-concertmaster-and-leader/ Zellerbach Hall
Tickets start at $52

Beyond the Stage

WATCH: Acclaimed pianist Mitsuko Uchida speaks with Jeremy Geffen about plans for her Cal Performances residency as well as her two 2023–24 performances in this 2023–24 Season Feature.
Mar 24, 2024, 3pm
Add to Calendar 03/24/2024 03:00 pm 03/24/2024 04:30 pm America/Los_Angeles Mahler Chamber Orchestra; Mitsuko Uchida, piano and director; José Maria Blumenschein, concertmaster and leader https://calperformances.org/events/2023-24/chamber-music-orchestra/mahler-chamber-orchestra-mitsuko-uchida-piano-and-director-jose-maria-blumenschein-concertmaster-and-leader/ Zellerbach Hall
Tickets start at $52
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