“The final portion of the program was dedicated to a single work, Beethoven’s epic Piano Concerto in E-flat Major…a masterwork of style, structure and content, generally thought to be one of the greatest concertos ever written. In the hands of Ann Schein, it glistened. Here is a pianist with the physical and emotional tools to craft any piece into an exquisite work of fine art, a person possessing the type of mind necessary to extract relationships from the score and translate them into sonic contours. Residing within her, as well, is a temperament capable of producing myriad gradations of emotion. She exudes an old-world artistry of the rarest kind.”
Beethoven Concerto No. 5, “Emperor”
Stephen Simon Sinfonietta, Stephen Simon, Conductor; Falmouth Academy, Falmouth, Massachusetts