David Robertson

Luciano Berio's opera a presented in 1996 in Milan

In The Chairman Dances, John Adams makes Mao dance and Nixon play the piano. In a completely different vein, Harmonielehre pits percussion against melody and strings and winds against rhythm. In Bartók's concerto for two pianos, timpani and xylophone provide a third solo part. David Robertson conducts the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra.