Haydn, Schubert, and Beethoven

Overview

The Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra’s own music director, Robert Spano, is also an accomplished pianist and composer. In this first chamber concert of the season, another star pianist, Peter Takács, joins Spano in a duet by Schubert, the Fantasie in F minor. This captivating program bridges the classical elegance of Haydn’s Variations in F minor and Capriccio with the profound depth of late Beethoven, featuring his sublime Bagatelles and the monumental final Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor. A special highlight of the performance includes a rare, collaborative four-hands piano rendition of Spano’s own moving composition, Benedictus.