Sat July 25, 2026
7:30 pm concert
6:45 pm pre-concert talk
4200 Farm Hill Blvd, Redwood City, CA 94061
- Eric Kujawsky, conductor
- Louise Costigan-Kerns, piano
- Sergey Prokofiev Overture on Hebrew Themes
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (arr. Timo Andres) Piano Concerto no. 26 (“Coronation”)
- Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 1
Prokofiev’s merry klezmer romp sets the stage for Timo Andres’ imaginative reframing of a problematic Mozart concerto. Mozart didn’t notate large swaths of the left hand part. Mr. Andres filled in the missing parts as if a live performance was suddenly hijacked by a rogue left hand from the 21 st century, with strange and beautiful results
.Beethoven’s First Symphony, written when he was just 30, may seem traditional when compared to the eight ground-breaking symphonies that followed, but the First was conceived very calculatedly as a calling card to the Vienna establishment. The First was in the best tradition of the late Mozart and Beethoven’s current teacher, Haydn, while demonstrating just enough independence and slightly shocking “modernity” to attract key Viennese patronage. And it still delights, 226 years later!
Louise Costigan-Kerns
Louise Costigan-Kerns has performed internationally as a concert pianist, accompanist and conductor. Her concerts have been reviewed as “inspiring and technically amazing performances.”Read more →