The Evening Concert

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".

Written between 1940 and 1944 with a premiere in 1945 the ballet music to "Cinderella" by Prokofiev is some of his most accessible and satisfying music.

Violinist Viktoria Mullova is the soloist in two of Bach's Violin Concertos and one of the Partitas for Solo Violin with Accademia Bizantina.

Also a symphony by Mahler, some American chamber music and Schubert's last String Quintet on this Week's "Evening Concert".