Symphonies by Brahms and Haydn, a Mozart Piano Concerto and more: this week’s Evening Concert
This week on the “Evening Concert” on WILL-FM 90.9 you’ll hear Brahms’ “Second Symphony” from Carnegie Hall, Haydn’s “100th Symphony” from Chicago, Mozart’s “27th Piano Concerto” from San Francisco, “The New York Philharmonic This Week” and Sunday. . . chamber music from Lincoln Center and Santa Fe.
WILL-FM: The Evening Concert: WEEK OF APR 17 – 18 – 19 – 20 & APR 23, 2017
Monday April 17: Carnegie Hall Live! (CHL 17-03) (Of 13 episodes)
BERLIN PHILHARMONIC
Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle
WEBERN: Six Pieces, Op. 6
SCHOENBERG: Five Pieces for Orchestra, Op. 16
BERG: Three Pieces for Orchestra, Op. 6
BRAHMS: Symphony No. 2
Tuesday April 18: Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO 17-16)
Nicholas McGegan conducts 18th- Century Works
Handel: Concerto grosso in G Major, Op. 6, No. 1
Vivaldi: Alma oppressa (from La fida ninfa) (Vivica Genaux, mezzo-soprano)
Porpora: Oh volesser gli Dei. . . Dolci, freschi aurette (from Polifemo) (Vivica Genaux, mezzo-soprano)
Bach: Sinfonia in G Minor, Op. 6, No. 6
Porpora: Or la nube procellosa (Vivica Genaux, mezzo-soprano)
Broschi: Qual guerriero in campo armato (from Idaspe) (Vivica Genaux, mezzo-soprano)
Haydn: Symphony No. 100 in G Major (Military)
[CSO fill: Shostakovich: Chamber Symphony (Jaap van Zweden, conductor)]
Wednesday April 19: San Francisco Symphony (SFS 17-03) (Of 13 episodes)
CONDUCTOR: András Schiff
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 27 in B flat major, K.595 (András Schiff, piano)
Haydn: Lord Nelson Mass (Anna Lucia Richter, soprano; Britta Schwarz, contralto; Werner Güra, tenor;
Robert Holl, bass; San Francisco Symphony Chorus – Ragnar Bohlin, director)
Schubert: (Six Songs) Widerschein, D.639; "Fischerweise," D.881; Das Lied im Grünen, D.917;
"Im Frühling," D.882; Totengrabers Heimwehe; "Ständchen," D.920; (Anna Lucia Richter, soprano)
Thursday April 20: “The New York Philharmonic This Week” (NYP 17-30)
The listing differs from the one in Patterns Magazine.
CONDUCTOR: Alan Gilbert, conductor
BRAHMS: Tragic Overture
BRAHMS: Piano Concerto No. 2 (SOLOISTS: Emanuel Ax, piano)
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 7
Sunday April 23: Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center (CMS 16-30)
Child Prodigies
Mozart: Trio in E major for Piano, Violin, and Cello, K. 542
Gloria Chien, Piano; Sean Lee, Violin; Mihai Marica, Cello
Korngold: Quintet in E major for Piano, Two Violins, Viola, and Cello, Op. 15
Gloria Chien, Piano; Kristin Lee, Sean Lee, Violin; Richard O'Neill, Viola; Mihai Marica, Cello
and Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival (SFE 17-04) (Of 13 episodes)
JOHN DOWLAND (1563 – 1626): Pavana lachrymae (ca. 1612) (arr. William Byrd) Peter Serkin, piano
BÉLA BARTÓK (1881 – 1945): Sonata No. 2 in C Major for Violin & Piano, Sz. 76 (1922)
Jennifer Frautschi, violin; Alessio Bax, piano
FRANCIS POULENC (1899 – 1963): Le bal masqué (The Masked Ball, secular cantata on poems by Max Jacob) (1932): David Kravitz, baritone; Robert Ingliss, oboe; Todd Levy, clarinet; Ted Soluri, bassoon; Christopher Stingle, trumpet; L.P. How, violin; Eric Kim, cello; Haochen Zhang, piano; Robert Klieger, percussion; Guillermo Figueroa, conductor