A lively Beethoven concerto opens Fairfax Symphony Orchestra season

A terrific performance of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat, Op. 73 ("Emperor"), lit up the Fairfax Symphony Orchestra's season-opening concert at the George Mason Center for the Arts on Saturday. The orchestra is featuring all five of his piano concertos in this year's programming and, perhaps to prime the audience for a season of Beethoven discourse, the concerto was framed by his Coriolan Overture and his Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67.