TFO: BEETHOVEN’S EROICA SYMPHONY FEATURING SHOSTAKOVICH’S PIANO CONCERTO NO. 2
Ruth Eckerd Hall 1111 McMullen Booth Road, ClearwaterMichael Francis, conductor Natasha Paremski, piano John Adams: The Chairman Dances: Foxtrot for Orchestra Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No. 2 Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, “Eroica” Michael Francis conducts the symphony that changed all symphonies, Beethoven’s monumental Third. No one had heard anything like it before. The work was originally called “Bonaparte” after Napoleon, but a disgruntled Beethoven hastily changed the title