Robust romantic music at its most dramatic—Beethoven’s “Emperor” Piano Concerto and Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet. An evening that both warms the heart and stirs the blood with power and drama.

Critics have praised pianist Ewa Kupiec as playing “with a rare mixture of spirit, a faultless technique, a complete understanding of musical texture and an ability to shape music with transparency and an impressive richness of colours.”

Prokofiev said that his Romeo and Juliet contained a “new melodic line” that would be the “salvation of modern music.” This is perhaps his greatest work as it combines his sumptuous lyricism with classicism and raw orchestral power.