Tonight, the first two concertos are paired with Haydn's Symphony No. 6 ("Morning"); on Saturday evening and Sunday afternoon, Beethoven's Concertos Nos. 3 and 4 are performed with Haydn's Symphony No. 7 ("Noon"). Next weekend, in three concerts, the Philharmonic plays the Fifth Concerto ("Emperor"), Beethoven's Namensfeier Overture, and Haydn's Symphony No. 8 ("Evening").

Uchida first became well known in the 1980s as a Mozart specialist; she is also a frequent performer of the music of Beethoven, Schubert, Bach, Schumann, Debussy, Schoenberg, Berg, and Webern, as well the contemporary English composer Harrison Birtwistle. She has recorded the Beethoven concertos with composer Kurt Sanderling.