The Evening Concert

Tonight on The Evening Concert it’s the New York Philharmonic This Week. You’ll hear two monumental works, one by Brahms and the other by Sibelius. Yefim Bronfman is the piano soloist in Brahms’ 1st Piano Concerto. Lorin Maazel guest conducts. Also on the program: Sibelius’ 2nd Symphony.

BRAHMS: Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor
SIBELIUS: Symphony No. 2 in D, op.43

Tonight on The Evening Concert it's the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra led by guest conductor Evan Rogister. On the program: Tchaikovsky’s ‘Serenade for Strings’ and Sibelius’ 2nd Symphony. You'll also hear the brilliant “Trumpet Concerto” by Arutiunian featuring MSO Principal Trumpeter Mark Niehaus.

TCHAIKOVSKY: Serenade for Strings in C, op.48
ARUTIUNIAN: Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra
SIBELIUS: Symphony No. 2 in D, op.43
BORODIN: In the Steppes of Central Asia

Tonight's concert is the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra with Lars Vogt as piano soloist for Mozart’s 16th Piano Concerto. Also on the program: Beethoven’s First Symphony and Respighi’s The Fountains of Rome and The Pines of Rome.

Tonight starting at 7:00 on The Evening Concert it’s ‘The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center’. The University of Illinois’ String Quartet-in-Residence, the Jupiter String Quartet, plays Beethoven’s “Harp” Quartet on the program. At 8:00 it’s the 2012 Gilmore International Keyboard Festival.

Tonight at 7:00 on The Evening Concert it’s the New York Philharmonic This Week. You’ll hear Bruckner’s 6th Symphony in A with Christoph Eschenbach guest conducting. Also on the program: Bruch’s 1st Violin Concerto with Pinchas Zukerman as the soloist.

Tonight, it’s the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra led by music director Edo de Waart. On the program: Schumann’s 4th Symphony in D minor and Mahler’s 1st Symphony in D major. You’ll also hear a work by Arnold Schoenberg, Transfigured Night, from the period before his 12-tone compositions.

Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra music director Manfred Honeck leads the group on a musical trip to Vienna with waltzes and polkas of the Strauss family and the Merry Wives of Windsor Overture by Nicolai. Pianist Leif Ove Andsnes, pictured, is the soloist in Beethoven’s First Piano Concerto.

Tonight, it’s The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center with Beethoven’s Opus 16 Quintet for Winds and Piano and Mendelssohn’s 1st String Quartet. At 8 pm, it’s the 2012 Gilmore International Keyboard Festival featuring pianist Peter Serkin playing the complete Beethoven Diabelli Variations.

Tonight, it’s the Chicago Symphony Orchestra led by music firector Riccardo Muti.  On the program: Dvorak’s 5th Symphony and Mendelssohn’s 4th Symphony, the “Italian”.  You’ll also hear Respighi’s Roman Festivals and Martucci’s Notturno.

 The Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, led by music director Edo de Waart, performs Schubert’s 5th Symphony and Brahms' 2nd Symphony. You’ll also hear Tan Dun’s “Water” Concerto for Water Percussion and Orchestra as well as Saint-Saens’ Symphonic Poem: Omphale’s Spinning Wheel.