The piano virtuoso then takes the stage to regale the audience with his technically masterful, utterly beguiling rendition of Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 23, followed by a poignant interpretation of Chopin's haunting posthumous Nocturne in C-Sharp Minor. Next, Sir Rattle and the Berliner Philharmoniker pay homage to some of Central Europe's greatest composers, performing works by Dvořák, Kodály, and Brahms—then finally capping off their program with a rousing excerpt from Khachaturian's ballet Gayaneh.

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