The Evening Concert

The ballet "Petrushka" was written in 1910-11, and revised in 1947; "Bolero" was written in 1928, originally for a ballet.

Barantschik and Vinacour are the soloists in the Mozart; conductor MTT brings his understanding of Bartok to the "Concerto for Orchestra".

Violinist Biondi leads the group from the violin and mezzo-soprano Genaux sings beautiful less-well-known arias of the Baroque.

Maestro Mehta conducted the Philharmonic over 1000 times! Here just a few of those exciting performances tonight.

Mozart's "Symphony No. 25 in G minor" from New York, "Sinfonia Concertante" from San Francisco, Vivaldi "Violin Concertos" from Chicago, Ravel's "Bolero" from Pittsburgh; these are just some of the highlights from this week's "Evening Concerts"

In WWII Messiaen spent time as a POW in a concentration camp, which is where he composed his famous "Quartet".

...where PSO = Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra...

You'll also hear Bach's "3rd Brandenburg Concerto" on the program ...

with guest artist Branford Marsalis on saxophone.

...meaning an all-Stravinsky program, including a recording with the composer as conductor.