Pianist Yefim Bronfman plays Beethoven’s “Emperor” Piano Concerto on the “Evening Concert”
The"Emperor" Concerto gets its epithet from Johann Baptist Cramer, English publisher of the concerto.
7-9 PM Monday-Thursday & Sunday
Great performances from the great concert venues, 7 to 9 pm Monday thru Thursday, and Sunday, on WILL-FM.
The"Emperor" Concerto gets its epithet from Johann Baptist Cramer, English publisher of the concerto.
The 1st Piano Concerto dates from the late 1790s and is music from the end of Beethoven's "Early Period" of compositions. The 3rd Symphony comes from the first decade of the 1800s and is a work that marks the beginning of his Middle Period.
The Symphony No. 1 was premiered under Bruckner in 1868. It was dedicated to the University of Vienna, after Bruckner was granted an honorary doctorate in 1891.*
Chinese tenor Han Peng sings arias by Puccini and Verdi, pianist Jian Li plays music by Chopin.
Carl Jung coined the term (synchronicity)....through no deliberate attempt to do so, synchronously so, three of our recorded-live-in-concert programs this week feature music by the Maestro, Ludwig van (Beethoven).
Also on the program, Pachelbel's "Canon" and Faure's "Elegie"...chamber works
Yefm Bronfman plays two more Beethoven Piano Concertos with the NYP tonight.
It's roughly 130-plus miles between Pittsburgh's Heinz Hall and the Cleveland Institute of Music...tonight's concert comes from Heinz Hall , and the soloist is a graduate of the Cleveland Institute of Music.
Tchaikovsky's "Pathetique" Symphony was his last......some writers suggest there is an autobiographical 'story' told in this music.
19-year old "wunderkind" violinist Zhang Jinru is featured on tonight's episode of "Shanghai Spring"