Three new series for the 2nd Quarter 2017 start this week
This week on the “Evening Concert” on WILL-FM 90.9 you’ll hear Ravel’s “La Valse” from Carnegie Hall, Gershwin’s “An American in Paris”, Chopin’s “2nd Piano Concerto”, “The New York Philharmonic This Week” and Sunday. . . chamber music from Lincoln Center and the new Santa Fe Chamber Music series.
WILL-FM: The Evening Concert: WEEK OF APR 3 – 4 – 5 – 6 & APR 9, 2017
Monday April 3: Carnegie Hall Live! (CHL 17-01) (First in series)
SIMÓN BOLÍVAR SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA OF VENEZUELA
Performers: Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela
Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel, Music Director and Conductor
RAVEL: La Valse
STRAVINSKY: La sacre du printemps
BRAHMS: Hungarian Dance No. 5 in G Minor
COPLAND: "Hoe-Down" from Rodeo
J. STRAUSS JR.: Tritsch-Tratsch Polka, Op. 214
GINASTERA: "Malambo" from Estancia
BERNSTEIN: "Mambo" from West Side Story
GUTIERREZ: "Alma Llanera" from Aires de Venezuela (arr. José Terencio)
Tuesday April 4: Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO 17-14)
Slatkin and Gershwin: An American in Paris
Barber: Overture to The School for Scandal
Schuman: Symphony No. 6
Bates: Violin Concerto (Annie Akiko Meyers, violin)
Gershwin: An American in Paris
Ives: The Unanswered Question (Susanna Mälkki, conductor; Chris Martin, trumpet)
Ives: Three Places in New England
Wednesday April 5: San Francisco Symphony (DSO 17-01) (First in series)
CONDUCTOR: Michael Tilson Thomas
Ravel Menuet antique
Chopin Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Opus 21 SOLOIST: Daniil Trifonov, piano
Rossini Overture to La scala di seta
Respighi Feste romane [Roman Festivals]
Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra
Thursday April 6: “The New York Philharmonic This Week” (NYP 17-28)
CONDUCTOR: Christoph von Dohnányi
BRAHMS: Piano Concerto No. 1 SOLOIST: Paul Lewis, piano
SCHUMANN: Symphony No. 2
Sunday April 9: Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center (CMS 16-27) (held over from last week)
Schubert, Schubert Dream, Brahms
Schubert Rondo in A major for Piano, Four Hands, D. 951
Yoko Nozaki, Emanuel Ax, piano
Stucky Allegretto quasi Andantino (Schubert Dream) for Piano, Four Hands
Emanuel Ax, Yoko Nozaki, piano
Brahms Trio No. 2 in C major for Piano, Violin and Cello, Op. 87
Anne-Marie McDermott, Ani Kavafian, violin; Carter Brey, cello
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Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival (SFE 17-01) (held over from last week)
HENRY PURCELL (1659 – 1695)
Trio Sonata No. 3 in D Minor, Z. 792 (1683); Tara Helen O’Connor, flute; Liang Wang, oboe; Mark Brandfonbrener, cello; Kathleen McIntosh, harpsichord
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART (1756 – 1791): Piano Concerto No. 14 in E-flat Major, K. 449
Alessio Bax, piano; Jennifer Gilbert & Harvey de Souza, violins; Kimberly Fredenburgh, viola; Joseph Johnson, cello; Leigh Mesh, bass
JOHANNES BRAHMS (1833 – 1897)
Liebeslieder Waltzes, Op. 52 (1869)
Sarah Shafer, soprano; Kelley O’Connor, mezzo-soprano; Ben Bliss, tenor; David Kravitz, baritone; Haochen Zhang & Pei-Yao Wang, pianos