May 2
Enigma Variations

Conrad Tao stars in Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1, a work the composer valued above all his other piano compositions. Under the baton of Nicholas Collon, the program opens with Thomas Adès’s Three-piece Suite from his cheeky chamber opera, Powder Her Face. Edward Elgar’s famed Enigma Variations closes the program with an assortment of melodies depicting his friends.