Mendelssohn's music is also on the program with other performances in Harrisburg this fall and winter.In February, Stuart Malina (left), conductor of the Harrisburg Symphony, will be the piano soloist for Mendelssohn's 1st Piano Concerto – he'll also be conducting the orchestra from the piano (just to make it a little more challenging). These performances will take place at the Forum at the State Capitol Buildings on February 27th & 28th - Saturday at 8pm and Sunday afternoon at 3.
Here are three clips of the whole concerto – each clip is a different movement. The performance was recorded by a Polish TV station in 2003 (I think) and the soloist is a Vietnamese pianist named Dang Thai Son. He won 1st prize at the 10th Chopin Competition when he was 22, the first Asian pianist to win the competition which has been held every few years since the 1920s. Here, he was guest soloist in opening night of 15th Chopin Competition in Warsaw.
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(I had found a great clip of the great African-American pianist Andre Watts playing the first movement of the concerto several years ago with the Boston Pops Orchestra but unfortunately the "embedding function" was "disabled by request." If you can check it out from a home computer, this is the link.)
