SCO Yeol Eum Son plays Beethoven

BRAHMS Variations on a theme by Haydn (St Anthony Chorale)  
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No 3 
HAYDN Nelson Mass 

Maxim Emelyanychev Conductor
Yeol Eum Son Piano
Anna Dennis Soprano
Katie Bray Mezzo Soprano
Anthony Gregory Tenor
Neal Davies Bass Baritone
SCO Chorus
Gregory Batsleer Chorus Director

Admired for her peerless keyboard prowess as well as her profound musical insights, South Korean Yeol Eum Son has quickly taken a rightful place among the world’s most respected pianists. Following exquisite Mozart in 2022, she returns to the SCO with something far stormier and more dramatic: Beethoven’s powerful Third Piano Concerto.

Conductor Maxim Emelyanychev opens with Brahms’ gloriously lyrical tribute to Haydn, and the concert comes to a climax with the choral grandeur of Haydn’s own ‘Nelson’ Mass. Written during a time of war, the piece moves from menacing drama to triumphant victory in what’s generally considered the composer’s most expressive music.