More “Shanghai Spring”, Mahler from Chicago, and more on this week’s “Evening Concert"s
This week on the “Evening Concert” on WILL-FM 90.9 you’ll hear “Music of the Middle Kingdom” on “Shanghai Spring, Mahler’s 9th Symphony from Chicago, Rachmaninoff’s 3rd Symphony from Pittsburgh, Nielsen’s “Clarinet Concerto” with soloist Anthony McGill from the New York Philharmonic and Sunday . . . chamber music from Lincoln Center and the Spoleto Chamber Music Festival.
WILL-FM: The Evening Concert: WEEK OF AUG 22 – 23 – 24 – 25 – 26 & 28, 2016
Monday August 22: Shanghai Spring [International Music Festival] (SSF 15-03)( of 8)
Music of the Middle Kingdom
Traditional, arr. Wang, Aikang: Autumn Feelings on the Dressing Table; The Chinese Music Orchestra of Jiangsu Province/Wang, Aikang; Li Nixia, dizi
Cui, Xin: Pavilions in the Misty Rain; The Chinese Music Orchestra [C M O ] of Jiangsu Province/Wang, Aikang
Cui, Anqiang Qinhuai: River Caprice; The C M O of Jiangsu Province/Wang, Aikang; Ren, Jie, guzheng
Ding, Ying: Two Selected Poems of Tagore; Ars Nova Copenhagen/Bojesen, Michael
Lotti, Antonio: Crucifixus; Ars Nova Copenhagen/Bojesen, Michael
Traditional, arr. Yin, Mingwu: Jasmine Flower; Ars Nova Cophenhagen/Bojesen, Michael
Zhou, Long: King Chu Doffs his Armor; Shanghai Opera House Orchestra/Zhang, Gouyong; Liu Xiaojing, pipa
Piertopaolo, Paolo: The Ghost of the Marquis Yi of Zeng (Shanghai Spring Mix); Piertropaolo, Paolo
Han, Wenhe: Music from Heaven, in the Heart; Lu Xiaozi & Zhang Liang, guqin duet
Zhour, Xianglin: Jumping Sound; Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra/Kawka Daniel; Wu Qiang, zhongruan
Zhu, Changyao & Wang, Aikang: Affection for Gusu; The C M O of Juangsu Province/ Wang, Aikang
Tuesday August 23: Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO 16-34)
Tilson-Thomas conducts Mahler 9
Stravinsky: Elegy for JFK
Mahler: Symphony No. 9
Mahler: Blumine
[CSO fill: Gabriel Two Canzonae tr. 2 and 4 (from CSO Resound Brass CD)]
Wednesday August 24: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra (PSO) 15-16_16)
RACHMANINOFF: The Isle of the Dead
SZYMANOWSKI: Violin Concerto No. 1 [and Encore: arr. Of Burns’ “Auld Lang Syne”]
RACHMANINOFF: Symphony No. 3
Juraj Valčuha, cond.; Nicola Benedetti, violin; Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh; Betsy Burleigh, director
Thursday August 25: The New York Philharmonic This Week” (NYP 16-48)
Nielsen’s Clarinet Concerto with Anthony McGill
Alan Gilbert, conductor
RAVEL: Valses nobles et sentimentales
NIELSEN: Clarinet Concerto (Anthony McGill, clarinet)
TCHAIKOVSKY: Selections from Swan Lake
Friday August 26: Prairie Performances with Roger Cooper (PP 16-38) Subject to availability
Eastern (IL University) Symphony; Richard Robert Rossi, conductor; “Ovations” (5/17/16)
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Minor, Op. 23; (Jonathan Bowman, piano;)
Sejourne: Concerto for Marimba and String Orchestra; (Lauren Stephany Cohen Gonzalez, marimba Faure: Requiem, Op.48 (Rebecca Carmack, soprano; Timothy Renner, baritone; Eastern Illinois University Choral Union; Special Guests: Kaskaskia College Concert Choir, Parkland Chamber Singers, Charleston High School Advanced Choir;) Rutter: The Lord Bless You and Keep You
Sunday August 28: Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center (CMS 15-48) French Exploration
Jolivet: Chant de Linos for Flute, Violin, Viola, Cello, and Harp Ransom Wilson, flute; Bella Hristova, violin; Ida Kavafian, viola; Alisa Weilerstein, cello; Bridget Kibbey, harp
Françaix: Quintet for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, and Horn Tara Helen O’Connor, flute; Stephen Taylor, oboe; David Shifrin, clarinet; Peter Kolkay, bassoon; Radovan Vlatkovic, horn
Poulenc: Sextet for Piano, Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, and Horn Alessio Bax, piano; Tara Helen O’Connor, flute; Stephen Taylor, oboe; David Shifrin, clarinet; Bridget Kibbey, harp; Radovan Vlatkovic, horn
and Spoleto Chamber Music Festival (SCM 16-09)
Tartini: Violin Sonata in G Minor, “Devil’s Trill” (Giuseppe)
Daniel Phillips, violin; Kevin Payne, lute; Christopher Costanza, cello
Bittová: Hoboj” and “A Strange Young Lady"
James Austin Smith, oboe; Hsin-Yun Huang, viola
Chopin: Cello Sonata in G Minor, Op. 65
Alisa Weilerstein, cello; Inon Barnatan, piano