The Evening Concert

There'll be multiple works by Mozart this week, a symphony by Beethoven and one by Nielsen, and chamber music by Brahms among others.

There's a double helping of Dvorak's music this evening: selections from the "Echo of Songs" and the complete Piano Quintet in A, opus 81.

"Gaspard de la nuit" (Gaspard of the Night) was written for piano solo in 1908; premiered in 1909; Constant's orchestration is from 1990.

The work "A Hero's Life" (tone poem) was completed in 1898, the Brentano Leider written 20 years later, 1918, and orchestrated by Strauss in 1940.

Stravinsky's "Firebird" Ballet premiered in 1910; forty-plus years later Ginastera's "Harp Concerto" had its premiere.

It'll be Mozart's "Sinfonia Concertante" and Bruckner's "7th Symphony" on tonight's "Evening Concert"

The week starts with one of the Mozart piano concertos, then it's Ravel's :"Bolero", a symphony by Schumann, chamber music by Dvorak, and much more...

Barber's "Souvenirs" published in 1953 is one his most accessible works. Schubert's "Quintet in C" is one of his last works and contains the usual poignancy found in the late works.

Mahler's "1st Symphony was composed between late 1887 and early 1888, had it's premiere in Budapest, was not well received, prompting revisions that followed, with the symphony reaching it's 'final form' by 1896.

Alson on the program Sibelius' "3rd Symphony" and "The Swan of Tuonela".