The Evening Concert

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.

Piano Quartet, Symphony, and other music forms, works by Tchaikovsky, Stravinsky and others.

"Souvenir of Florence" by Tchaikovsky was written in 1890, and Verdi's "String Quartet" was written earlier, in 1873, Verdi's only surviving work of chamber music in his oeuvre.

Rsussian pianist Yuliaana Avdeeva knows her Chopin. She knows the Maestro's music so well that she won First Prize at the 16th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition held in 2010....

Schumann's "3rd", the Rhenish", came first, written in 1850; Mahler's "7th" dates from 1904-05.

Urbana-born Gil Shaham is the soloist for the Mendelssohn concerto...