The Evening Concert

The week starts with the New York Philharmonic's take on "Reflections on Love", followed by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra's "An American in Paris", plus much more . . .

Start with Mozart, K. 387 SQ in G major; then Dvorak's Op. 96 "American" quartet in F; finish with Schumann's op 44 pIano Quintet, plus a special historic encore.

Also on the program: Ravel's "Daphnis and Chloe" music and James Matheson's "Unchained".

The "and more" is Beethoven's "4th Symphony" and "Prelude to Act One of Lohengrin" by Wagner.

Also on the program, CSO Concertmaster Robert Chen is featured in "Fratres" and Bartok's "1st Violin Concerto"

It's a famous dedication written at the top of the score for Berg's "Violin Concerto". The angel? Manon Gropius, daughter of Alma (Mahler) and Walter Gropius (who was one of the founders of the Bauhaus school of architecture).

on the "Evening Concert, which will also include Brahms' "2nd Piano Concerto" and Schumann's Opus 44 "Piano Quintet" among other works.

It's the Penderecki String Quartet with pianist Pamela Mia Paul.

The composer conducts the Los Angeles Philharmonic in his own work that premiered at the 2013 Proms concerts in the England.

"The Armed Man" is a cautionary tale from the 15th Century, a famous tune of the day, which became the 'cantus firmus' (fixed song) these composers used as the basis for their musical settings of the Mass.