Fellow-Italian, violinist Francesca Dego, joins him and the DSO for Beethoven’s Violin Concerto ... with drums and trumpets lending a stately feel, set a crown upon the composer’s symphonic output.
As the National Symphony’s music director Gianandrea Noseda observed at this early-season concert, both pieces featured that evening—Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5, Op. 73, nicknamed “Emperor” in ...