Peter Gajewski has pulled out three plums of programming for the National Philharmonic Orchestra this weekend at The Music Center at Strathmore. With the Philharmonic’s new concert master Justine-Lamb-Budge, Gajewski takes the podium in an all-Beethoven concert that features the composer’s “Prometheus Overture,” the “Symphony No. 6 in F Major” (also known as “Pastoral”) and finally, his iconic “Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major,” better known as “Emperor.”

Performing what Gajewski calls “the most frequently played and most difficult of [Beethoven’s] concertos” is his long-time friend and colleague, Polish pianist Piotr Paleczny.