Mozart. Beethoven. Mendelssohn

On October 3, internationally acclaimed pianist and competition laureate Arseny Tarasevich-Nikolaev performed at the Grand Hall of the Moscow Conservatory.

Accompanied by the Musica Viva Moscow Chamber Orchestra, the talented musician performed Ludwig van Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4.

The programme also featured Felix Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 3 (“Scottish”) and the overture to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s opera The Clemency of Titus.

The concert was conducted by renowned violinist and conductor, international competition laureate Daniil Kogan.

These masterpieces of classical music, presented in exceptional performances, offered a moving tribute to three of the greatest musical geniuses and left a lasting impression on the audience.

Beethoven — Piano Concerto No. 4

Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major holds a special place in the composer’s work. The piece was first presented to the public by Beethoven himself, at a time when he was already suffering from progressive hearing loss.

The performance of this concerto was to become the German genius’s last public appearance as a pianist. Afterward, the Fourth Piano Concerto was not performed again during Beethoven’s lifetime and only received the recognition it deserved after his death.

Thirty years after it was written, the concerto was performed to great acclaim in Leipzig under the baton of Felix Mendelssohn, with Robert Schumann among the enthusiastic members of the audience.

Mendelssohn — Symphony No. 3

Felix Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 3 in A minor, “Scottish,” was conceived when the composer was still young, shortly after his visit to Scotland, but was completed only five years before his death.

The expressive melodies, the deeply intimate character of the opening ballad — which transforms into a triumphant major-key finale — and Mendelssohn’s characteristic brilliance of orchestration are combined in his final symphony with a bold and innovative overall structure.