Mortensen/ Concerto Copenhagen
Tivoli Concert Hall, Copenhagen, 24th August 2019
Edvard Grieg’s Piano Concerto must come with the territory if you’re a Norwegian pianist, yet Leif Ove Andsnes hasn’t played it for a dozen years. All that changed yesterday evening in Tivoli Gardens, kicking off a run of 21 performances around the globe this autumn, mostly touring with the Oslo Philharmonic, to mark the work’s 150th anniversary. What marked out this performance as especially noteworthy was that Andsnes was playing an 1867 Blüthner with period instrument band Concerto Copenhagen, in the very city in which Grieg’s concerto premiered.
Leif Ove Andsnes and Concerto Copenhagen in rehearsal at Tivoli
© Helge Hansen
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